Update to my sitch, the end has come

[mako_man]

Another update. I was home waiting for my kids to show up from school yesterday and they never showed. I figured my wife had picked them up but we didnt speak all day so I did have my concerns because this would be something that would need to be cleared by me. Anyway, my daughter then calls from mommy's phone and explains that mommy is taking them out to eat, then over to her sisters and that they would be home by 9pm. I then told her to put mommy on the phone and I *gently* expressed my feelings and let her know that just showing up and taking the children without my knowledge will not work, these things must be communicated, etc. She kind of gave me the cold shoulder, "what do you think I am going to do, take them to a bar?" That kind of thing. I just ignored it and again attempted to calmly and firmly state my position. We left it at that, then 1/2 hr later wife calls sobbing, saying she is bringing the kids by because she "really needs to go to an AA meeting right now." I didnt pry, just expressed that I understood. She ended up staying for 3 consecutive meetings and when she got out she called expressing her self hate for being an alcoholic, ruining her life, etc. I told her I think she can beat this, but I am concerned about the choice of job she is working at so soon after rehab (recreational boating is no place for a recovering alcoholic). She agreed but didnt say she was going to change that, she didnt say much after that except for thanking me and telling me she loves me. She is clearly back at the precipice which she leaped off just over 1 month ago, looks ready to leap into oblivion again I am afraid.