Abusive Ex-Boyfriend and Likely Alcoholism
Dear Doug,
Since I moved away from my ex-boyfriend several months ago, our relationship has taken a turn for the worse. He verbally abuses me over the phone, threatens to beat me and has promised to ruin my life. He tells me he wants me back and loves me and, in the same breath, tells me he hates me. Could his verbal abuse turn into something worse?
Signed,
Afraid
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Dear Afraid,
While other columnists might say that "people who love each other do not treat each other"this way and that your ex- has become obsessed, the truth of the matter is that sober people do not treat others this way and that alcoholics, in the active stages of their disease, are ...
