Wow, LIS, just read on your thread in March, Ironman suggested that you needed "to start looking at this as if you're married to an alcoholic." How insightful, since you said you never mentioned that he was one and I haven't seen much mention of his drinking. It's not something I have any experience with, just the opposite, actually. Have you sought any assistance from alanon-type groups? I don't mean to be insulting, it's all I've got in this area. I just understand it to be something that someone like me can't begin to understand, and that it really helps to have people that do.