He left again after five weeks........

[ACJ]

YR s H did seek out C to help him self back

He only did this after many attempts to return home. For a long time he continued to self medicate on his OW.

SF I for one am not encouraging you to get a D. I stand in awe of your resiliance and patience. I'm trying to follow in your footsteps but have the disadvantage that my H is on the point of filing for D and so I will have no choice but to follow the process. It takes far more courage to do what you are doing than simply walk away.

Take care.

P.S Patti I find it interesting that you tell SF to

rally up your family and move on

and yet you are not doing the same thing yourself (despite you drawing some comparisons with your own sitch). That's not a criticism just an observation.