Hey hubby, your wife’s alcoholism is right under your nose. But how can you know? Behaviors. They are everything.
My Wife’s a Drunk, But I Don’t Know it
Dear Doug:
My wife, to whom I have been married for eight months, is making me wonder if we got married too young. She’s just 23 and I’m 27.
She has a habit of going out with friends, getting drunk, and staying the night at her friends’ homes. I don’t want to be a control-freak and tell her she can’t go out, but the fact that she wants to spend the night with her single friends and get drunk is troublesome. What should I do?
Signed,
Un-controlling husband
Dear Codependent,
Other columnists might say your wife is trying to “hold onto her carefree single days.” While they might suggest it’s unfortunate she can’t do that without getting smashed, ...
