He is pretty much a mostly functioning alcoholic who can “control” his drinking until of course he can’t. What happens is it comes to a head and then he goes on a bender for a day or two isolating himself and neglecting his duties as my husband and our two small children’s father. Yesterday he told me he knew he was going to kill himself if he didn’t stop and needed to quit. He wanted to go back to A.A. and start therapy. I’ve heard him say these things before and he was very active with A.A., had a sponsor and worked the steps before… he knows what’s needed and he is very comfortable going to meetings.

I think right now he’s tired and spent from the binge and knows he needs to get to a meeting but is boat paralyzed by fatigue but also maybe knows that’s the tough work and wants to put it off each hour that goes by.

Where I don’t know how to proceed is how to respond when he tells me these things like he wants to stop and knows he needs to and how to help him still. I’m just so over hearing empty promises. This happened the day before last and he just instead of going to a meeting when on another evening of drinking white claws and isolating himself