Yes, I suppose I should learn more about alcoholism. Maybe I'm just kidding myself that she isn't a real alcoholic. She's close, yes. But at home, or with me, she typically drinks with restraint. It's only when she's out with friends--when she maybe wants an excuse for doing something irresponsible--that she over drinks. Well, then there are the family get-togethers, when she almost always over drinks. My entire family thinks she's an alcoholic. If such a thing exists, she's a situational alcoholic. Maybe that's an alcoholic period.
me: 50 w (waw): 45 daughter: 9 m: 16 t: 19 bomb: 9/26/08 status: physical separation for 7 weeks, then work-in-progress R
