Another question--does alcohol play a big part for a lot of people dealing with a MLC? Does it prolong the journey?
Just thinking out loud.
Oh, yeah, big time for some MLCers, my H included.
He always drank but not as much while in MLC.
I noticed the drinking got much heavier just leading up to us finding out about the A in August, 2005, then he would drink quite a bit between that time and the first time he moved out June '06.
He did stop drinking all last year because he had to for other reasons but he did start up again this year, and when he moved home again March '08, he was drinking again. He moved out two weeks ago and he is drinking more now each night then he was while living at home.
On weeknights, he would drink about 5-6 beers while here but now that he is over there, he seems to down twice that amount.
So yeah, any way they can to self medicate. I have heard from people whose husbands did this, that once they finally begin to snap out of the MLC, the drinking is not as intense.
The Bomb: 08/05 H moves out: 06/2006 H moves back: 01/07 & Out again: 01/07 H moves back: 03/08 & Out again: 04/08 H moves back: 05/09 & Out again: 07/09 Divorced 08-12 Kids: 22, 20, 19
