Hi, well not sure how far to go back with my story so I'll try be brief 😉 Meet and married a man who I thought was my soulmate. We have been together 8 years and have a nearly 3 year old together and a house. I have a 12 year old from a previous marriage
And he has a 20 year old and a previous marriage. The first few years were amazing he used to cook, clean,spend time with my son, be so loving an affectionate to me,buy me gifts. Make me feel like I was the most important person in the world. But my husband is a alcoholic.He turned from a kind caring Happy drunk to a nasty man who put me threw hell for many years of verbal abuse and a couple times Physical abuse. I could tell you lots of stories and horrible things he said and have done.( but would run out of writing space)He constantly made me feel not good enough and took all my confidence.I stuck by him for our daughter and the hope one day he would stop drinking. Christmas last year 2016 I decided I was finally going to leave as for my mental Health and my son and daughter(I have also previously left him .couple times but get sucked back in with promises)I wanted one more family Christmas together and then would leave. During the Christmas holidays my husbands mental health took a turn as I think all his drinking finally caught up with him. He decided he would go to rehab and get the help needed. I thought all my prayers had been answered at once as had been waiting a long time to hear those words. I supported him 100% threw it all and was there for him. He came home in January this year after 2 weeks in rehab and the first couple months he was ok( they put him on antidepressants) we didn't fight and things were ok.He started going to Buddhism every Sunday which i was happy for him as it helped with him staying sober.When he was not at work he spent all his spare time in the back yard making a Bali hutt and new gardens.It was good as it kept his mind off drinking but he also was not spending any time with me or our daughter thou but just went along as it was helping him.Then his attitude towards me changed and he seemed to be angry and rude to me most of the time. Other times he barely spoke to me. I found out he took himself off his antidepressants after 2 months without talking to me and his doctor. I asked him to go back on them back he said he does not need them he is in a good place and it's just me he is unhappy with. Things just started to get worse. He was not as verbally abusive towards me but He had slowly shut me out emotionally and physically. He would hardly touch me was hardly interested in intimacy. I kept asking to let me back in but the more I tried the more he said I was nagging the more he pushed me away. After 4 months of this basically being like flat mates who don't like each other I asked him to move out as mentally I'm exhausted. Not to mention how bad it was for the kids to see that when we did talk it usually end up with him yelling and swearing at me. Im not perfect in all of this but I did have some anger towards him as he never once apologised for what his drinking caused myself and the kids.I went to Counciling for that. We also tried going together but the first session he walked out as he did not like hearing he was wrong in how he treated me and refused to go back again. He has been gone 2 weeks now and I know I deserve to be treated better and was a very good wife to him. He never appreciated anything I did for him or even that I stuck by him. I feel like he thinks he is too good for me now he doesn't drink.(8 months sober now) He says considering what's going on he is in a very good place while I'm have anxiety, I'm depressed, confused not sleeping and very emotional. We are not really talking much at the moment only to discuss when he has our daughter.He has not spoken about getting back together or working on things. Guess what I'm asking is did I give him enough time to get back to normal after having a alcohol problem for most of his life?I don't know if he will ever change as he also can be controlling and just generally a very selfish man. As long as everything is going his way he is happy. Part of me also thinks he is still depressed or maby even bi polar. We have talked about putting the house on the market but he won't sign the paper work as that would be the last step of moving on.We don't trust each other anymore,he has accused me of stealing money which is not true. Taken most of our savings out for himself . I think so much badness has happened over the years that it might be the end....
I'm confused and still trying to figure out what went wrong and what I did wrong to deserve this .I feel like I have given this man every inch of my heart and soul and it was never enough he just wanted more.I feel used and spat out. please help 🙈
Should I just accept it's over and move on??
Ps there are more parts to the story line like family issues for him and bad childhood but can't write everything down 🙈🙈
4 Replies
You've done the right thing moving on! This is a vicious cycle and with what he is struggling with, it will be an ongoing battle should you choose to stay with him.
Good on you for getting the courage to ask him to leave, in the long run you are much better off!
You've done the right thing moving on! This is a vicious cycle and with what he is struggling with, it will be an ongoing battle should you choose to stay with him.
Good on you for getting the courage to ask him to leave, in the long run you are much better off!
You didn't do anything to do this.
You've given him more than enough chances.
You've given him enough time.
Time to go make a happy life for yourself without him.
You were only ever with an alcoholic. The guy was masking issues from childhood, mental health problems, etc with alcohol. It's not your problem to fix. Stop giving so much of yourself away, start giving all your love care and attention to you and your kids.
Let him go. This isn't about what you did wrong. You did all you could. It's time to move on with your life.
You need to see a psychologist to help build your self worth and to deal with grief and loss