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Dear Maurice,

  I am in need of your help to assess my husband’s addiction is drinking. We have been married for 2 years and the marriage is becoming more and more of a burden on my side. We have one child, a 7 month old baby boy. My husband is never home till late whether its a week day or weekend. If he didn’t have to work during the day he would drink 24/7.

Maurice asks,

For how long have you known your man and has he always drank as he does today?

She replies,

Maurice if you are asking if I knew who I married the answer is yes I did, after 5 years together he promised to change his extensive beer drinking habit before we got married.

Maurice replies,

My dear, I know exactly what you have been through and still going through but it’s very difficult to snap out of an alcoholic behaviour. Have you discussed getting help for him, he does need to attend an alcohol control group to slowly over come his drinking problem. From what you have described your husband has a high dependance on his drink, is that right?

She replies,

Yes he does, I can not remember the last time we spent a weekday without him being under the influence. That’s when he comes home at 9pm and that is early. I miss having a conversation with my husband, I want him to connect with our child but instead I am shielding our child from his mannerisms. I fear him holding our baby just in-case he drops the baby. That’s my life Maurice and I hate it. This was not the marriage I pictured.

I am soon leaving and going to my parents home, I spoke to my mother and she too agrees that our current environment does not suit a baby and for my own mental state, my sanity, I need an alcohol free home. I am tired of asking and begging him, if he wants his family back he must show me some effort that he is willing to abstain from drinking. I know it’s not going to be immediate but I will be patient till the day I feel enough is enough. For now I still love him and I’m hoping he wises up when he finds himself alone. I have emailed you his mobile number, if you can talk to him after I am gone I will appreciate, may be you can pound some sense into him before he loses him family to drinking. All I can do now is pray and hope for the best. Thank you for listening.