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My boyfriend drinks on average one bottle of wine on most evenings. I can't recall a single day in the last week that he hasn't drank a bottle of wine and he denies this. Does anyone besides myself consider this to be excessive? It makes me angry and every time I try to confront him about how I think he is drinking too much he gets defensive with me. I don't want to be around him when he drinks because he acts stupid, eats excessively, and often gets very sarcastic with me. I feel like I am living with a child. And if there is beer in the house he will drink all of that too. When I met him 2 years ago he was drinking 2 bottles of wine in one sitting. It is clear to me he doesn't care about my feelings or his own health. I am very frustrated and fed up.
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I don't know what to say. I guess you knew he was this way when you me him. You can't change him. You just need to figure out if you can live this way. Do you plan to marry him?
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I would never marry him. I don't think I will ever marry at all. I sometimes think I'm ready to give up on men and get myself a dog for companionship. I feel like a mother every time I am in a relationship. I wish I could accept this behavior, but then again, why should I. It's not my lifestyle and I don't expect my partner to be like this. It makes me angry at myself for getting this involved.
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I am actually battling depression AND alcoholism. And his situation sounds a lot like alcoholism. It's not that he is conciously choosing alcohol over you, he may have a different way of thinking, a way of his mind taking over and driving him to drink. Just like depression, alcoholism can control you and bring you down. But unlike depression there is no pill to hep him. I would just give him an ultimatum like my boyfriend gave me. Do not touch alcohol of I will leave you. Make sure he knows that you are serious. If put in a tight enough corner, he should choose you and drop the addiction...but it isn't quick or easy, so give him support.
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