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Hi everyone,
I was reluctant to make an entry post but I have noticed there hasn’t been one for a while and I hope this encourages someone else to this platform. I found this website at 5am this morning as I was woken up by my partner and I found myself in such a state and desperate, I thought, there must be some support out there for me. I spend this morning doing session 1 and I already feel the anxiety reducing.
My partner and I are both in our 30’s, recently we married. The drinking has been a problem for a while but it can be quite spread out, every few months, or in bad times every weekend or more often. We have had many conversations over the years. He has gone to AA for a few weeks last year, but that was it. He said he doesn’t feel like he needs to stop drinking. But when he drinks it’s very bad. He’s not abusive, but the health is an issue and the disruption to our relationship is very damaging. I feel so exhausted, and dissociate, and then have a period of depression each time.
I actually don’t know how to have helpful conversations about it. He says they’re just about how he is the problem, never me. Which is of course the point, as it’s about his issue, but I do understand that I could be more aware of my own actions and how I influence him.
So I am here to learn, and to connect to you all.
