I haven't posted for a while but need to get this off my chest. My partner has been in denial about his behaviour with alcohol for most of his last although in the last few years its taken a turn for the worst. I've been taking his card for the last month so I could make sure he didn't purchase his beloved vodka which makes me vile and out of control. We have a 5 year old daughter. We've spent the most amazing two weeks on holidays where he drank normally and socially without there being any verbal abuse. Then we come back home and the vodka is purchased again and the pattern starts again. He lost control tonight and verbally abused me in front of our daughter. I try to take her out of these situations as much as I can but it's not always possible and I know she sees something with her dad is not quite right. She sees him turning nasty and just acts like nothing is happening. He refused therapy and will not stop. Is there a future for us?
He is such a good person when he doesn't drink vodka and I know he can stay off it. So why does he have to start again when he knows it makes him so nasty? When he knows the impact this has on me and our daughter? Can I continue to hold his bank card and give him pocket money for the rest of his life??? I know this isn't a solution but until he decides to do something about it that is the only way I can control this on his behalf. :(
My husband is the same. Vodka or any hard alcohol makes him angry and mean. Out therapist said something about hard alcohol changes you different than wine or beer. I tried to get my husband to agree to at least stop the vodka. Then i found an empty bottle yesterday and we talked and he said he knew it was wrung and he would try not to buy it. Tonight i found s new bottle and he said. It is Friday night and he wanted to get drunk because hey it was a stressful week and he has fine good all week. Yes so apparently our talk last night was all just bullshit. Good luck with it. You can try but i think it is like all the alcoholic promises they always make. At least for me it is.
So your options are what you can do for yourself and therefore your daughter.