Today, I found out that my wife, who is supposed to be a recovering alcoholic, drank an entire bottle of wine and then tried to hide it at the bottom of a garbage bin. To make matters worse, when I confronted her about it, she tried to convince me that our 5-year-old daughter had drunk it. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that the neighbor I'd given a bottle of wine to for Christmas is a recovering alcoholic. FML
Today, I received a very expensive bottle of wine for Christmas. My alcoholic mother snuck into my house while I was out and drank the whole bottle. FML
Today, my girlfriend's mother came over for a few hours. After she left I went to grab a drink, only to find that three bottles of expensive liquor were missing from our liquor cabinet. FML
Today, my wife and I had one of the biggest arguments we've ever had, which resulted in her leaving, going to her parents' house and calling me twice, screaming and sobbing. The argument was over a seven dollar bottle of wine. Apparently, she was "saving it for a special occasion." FML
Today, I came home to my wife who was drunk and sobbing. I’d left her alone with my kids from my first marriage along with ours and I guess they acted up so bad they made her break her sobriety. FML
Today, I confronted my mom about her drinking problems. After I blurted everything out, she completely denied it. She did this as she was drinking a huge cup full of vodka. FML
Today, I found out my last roommate had been stacking her empty wine bottles under the sink for the last 5 months. The cleaning lady who found them now thinks I'm an alcoholic, and threatened to report me to my landlord. FML
Today, I learned that drunk me from last night is apparently great at flirting. She also apparently flirted her way to a free bottle of white wine, only to shatter it on the kitchen floor at 2 a.m. How did I find out? Three words: glass in foot. FML
Today, trying to impress my in-laws, I put a lot of effort into selecting a nice bottle of wine for dinner at their house. When I got there, I gave the bottle to my wife's mother. Later, my father-in-law emerges from the kitchen to berate his wife over her poor choice of wine. It was mine. FML
Today, while moving, I asked my wife where she put the alcohol. She told me she threw it out, because it was old. It was Scotch. It's supposed to be old. FML
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theslimshadylp 6
Using a five year old as a scapegoat, that's pretty low.
Enslaved 38
Recovering alcoholics have been known to relapse several times. Be supportive. She's going to need your help to keep her back on track.
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Comments (96)
asherm 15
:(. Sorry. I hope she gets the help she needs.
doglover100 29
She needs AA therapy
mazor 22
That's just sad.
ChristineAnn58 8
You deserve it you ass. She's your wife you don't go put this shit on an FML site you help her cope and get through this process WITH HER instead of judging her. You're pathetic.
BeepBeepSwerve 9
oh shut up
awessumpossum 5
You are retarded. my dad is an alcoholic and I really don't have anyone to talk to about it. This site is at least a confidential way to vent a little bit of the frustration that can build up in this situation. Alcoholism is not only destructive to the addict, but harmful and embarrassing for the rest of the family. Think before you speak.
krs7g4 8
So where is his support then? Everyone needs to vent, he used this as an out. Obviously she has her out.
SailorSTFU 15
75, no one deserves to have their spouse blame their five year old for something like that. The wife is pathetic. I don't care how bad your problems are, you never blame a child for something you did. That's low. The OP should leave her for the kid's sake, at least until she can get the help she needs and prove she isn't going to relapse.
laurapiggy 3
Recovering is over...it's back to AA with her!!
YeaSo3 14
Hell these days i def. would not be surprised if a 5 yr old drunk some wine... But come on now the whole bottle your wife is rodiculous and needs help...soon before your child gets too old..
aldynguyen 1
Start looking for a divorce lawyer
iheartzombies15 4
Drank*
hiandrews69 29
First of all, op, you should know that alcoholics run the risk or relapse at any time, no matter what their level of sobriety. Second, she has to want to stop drinking. If she's only stopping because you're trying to make her, it won't work. She'll find a way to do it if she can, as long as she wants to continue drinking. Let her know you support her recovery, but know that if it doesn't take, you'll have to be the responsible parent, and possibly, a single parent. Trust me, I grew up with this situation.
The_9th_Doctor 18
I think you daughter has a drinking problem.