Ancaire, hope you read this as I didn't want to hijack mustards thread (especially when she was on page 10 smile )

My husband was not charming at all. Just very very withdrawn. I know he drank at night and could never wake up in morning (had flex hours at work and missed picking kids up 3 x at school at noon). Although he says waking up in am was always a struggle for him even as a teen, I don't know how much he drank at night. I figured it was just a nightcap, but I would be sleeping. i do know he earns a good salary, but never had a lot saved. And he always kind of disappeared for short while. He doesn't live with me anymore, so I don't know if the drinking and hidden bottles was just due to our marital difficulties and just recent. My family thinks it slowly escalated. Neither of his parents drank, but his grandparents on one side were alcoholics.


Me: 42
H: 43
Twins age 5
Physically Separated 7/2015