happymum
Netherlands
Today, my husband, who's a recovering alcoholic, and I are on holiday with our kids. He's decided he can have a few drinks because he deserves "a holiday too". He doesn't see why this should ruin ours. FML
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SPC117 5
SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOT SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS EVERYBODY...even the alchoholic cus it's vacation!!
wmsdubstep 6
What a way to ruin an holiday. Drinking isn't an "holiday" while you're on holiday. Try taking his money off him :)
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bubo_fml 11
If I had to go on holiday w/ the family, I'd be shitfaced before I hit the driveway!!
jemini_fml 0
I would leave him and take a vacation without him. He is no longer a recovering alcoholic he is an alcoholic. He needs to want to quit give him that reason and leave.
Calyx_fml 22
He's not recovering. He's been drinking without your knowledge. Now that you're on vacation he can't sneak away and get drunk.
happymum_fml 10
Possibly...
mfayem 15
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
you are drinking in front of a recovering alcoholic, and you expect him to NOT drink? YDI. if you truly want him to stop, you wouldn't drink either.
happymum_fml 10
Who said I drank?
Malinkrot 3
where in the FML does it say that she is drinking too?
mfayem 15
The way it was phrased, it sounded to me like she was drinking. "I deserve a holiday too" sounded to me like he was justifying his drinking because others where doing it. Sorry if I'm wrong
dd809 9
Thats not her problem. You can't force a person to change. He has to make that decision on his own. So if he chooses to continue to drink that's his fault.
Pendragon525 0
Is he in a program? If he is, have him call his sponsor & see what he thinks of this "holiday from recovery."
jacie00 4
let the man drink a damn beeer!
Pendragon525 0
Exactly. You can't make someone drink and you can't make them stop. That's on them, and if he wants to truly be in recovery, he has to take responsibility for his drinking and the consequences of it.
hyden121 2
Time for a family intervention!
vbmg152 19
Then he's not recovering! I am a recovering alcoholic, nothing to drink since rehab, 1993!
ngarcia333 0
Way to go!!! Keep it up.
THE_A_TEEN 28
#72 respect dude, respect, you're no quitter, you're a winner.