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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 01:38 pm
Little background. Married 21 years with a son who was a high school senior. Husband is 57. For the last 5 years, my husband has been physically with us, but just vacant... He started to drink more, but was never a falling down drunk, all he did was come home from "work" and sit in front of the tv and watch sitcoms or sleep. In April, he called my son because he was at a bar, and someone wouldn't let him drink. He had lied to me and told me he was going to the hardware store ( 5 hours earlier ) . Needless to say, I finally confronted him about his drinking. He swears he wasn't an alcoholic. I decided to check his bank account and discovered that 260 days out of the last 365, he had been going to 1 or 3 bars that he was frequenting. I had NO IDEA he was going. He went to rehab for a few weeks but quit because of the expense and he wasn't as bad off as the others ( which is true ). He had quit drinking, but I have found out (found receipts) that he has gone into a couple of restaurants and had 1 beer. The problem is, that he LIED about it. My son and I were out of town last weekend on a trip and posted many pictures on Facebook. My son mentioned "Dad never likes or leaves a comment on any of our pictures, but I bet he does on that bartender's facebook page". My husband has his Facebook preferences set where no one can see his friends unless they "like" something on his page. I looked and sure enough, two of the bartender/waitresses ages 23 and 25. Were on his friends list. I called him that evening and let him know that it upset our son (our son said, "it's freaking creepy") and it upset me as well. My husband assured me it was nothing and he never comments on them. I still feel that he should remove it. He is old enough to be their father ( or even grandfather). I really feel that he needs to unfriend these people and stick to people his own age and in more positive atmospheres. Any thoughts ?
 
PUNKEY
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 01:48 pm
@EYENURSE,
Your husband has behaviors of an alcoholic - and you are worried about FB postings?

Start attending Alanon and get informed about alcoholism and how it impacts the family.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 01:52 pm
@EYENURSE,
Your husband's FB setttings are the least of your problems.

Get your son and yourself into Alanon or similar support. Also consider adding some counselling to the mix for yourself and your son - separately and/or as a family.
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EYENURSE
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 02:01 pm
I went to Al-Anon and really didn't get anything out of it. We took turns reading from some book. I went to counseling, but really didn't get much out of it.
EYENURSE
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 02:03 pm
@PUNKEY,
He is totally in denial. Counselors at the rehab couldn't make him see it....He thinks because he doesn't have to drink everyday ( and he can go months without a drink ) that he doesn't have a problem.
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EYENURSE
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 02:04 pm
@EYENURSE,
OH...and he told our family counselor that he went to these bars to eat because he didn't think anyone was home. I'm sorry, but you don't go to Twin Peaks, Kerrs Wing House or World of Beer for the food...........Ironically, he never took me or my son to any of these places or even told us that he went.
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 02:32 pm
@EYENURSE,
You have to actively participate in counselling to benefit.

You're not going to get more than you put in.

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Why are you with your husband? do you like him? love him? have any positive feeling toward him? have you gone for couples counselling.
EYENURSE
 
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Reply Tue 8 Aug, 2017 02:41 pm
@ehBeth,
I have been to two counselors. They sit, they listen to me for 45 minutes, take my money and send me out the door. No suggestions, no "counseling".
We are going to a marriage retreat in a couple of weeks. The reviews for the program are amazing.

Yes, I love my husband, but hate this type of behavior and have made it clear that I am not going to live like this any longer. I'm 8 years younger and very social. He is trying, stopped the lying, isn't going to the bars ( except last week when I was out of town, he told me he was going with a couple of guys from work ). He was never a sloppy drunk. Most people wouldn't even realize he was drunk. The "private" facebook settings are just one of the things on the list of stuff that I don't like. I have never been the jealous type, and know that these young girls are not into him. It pisses our son off because his dad didn't save for his college (I'm paying for it) and feels that his dad blew money on these girls and not on his future. Being that we are working on keeping him sober, I think the Facebook **** needs to stop. They are not his "friends". I'm a nurse, but never in a million years would I friend a patient.
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