Caller: 33-year-old wife calling on behalf of 39-year-old husband
Problem: Addiction to alcohol
Seeking: Inpatient drug rehab facility
Reason(s): Even though the caller and her husband have been together for more than a decade, she is currently contemplating ending her marriage and both going their separate ways before there are any children involved. She is unsure whether treatment would cause her to want to stay with her husband, but at the very least, she wants to know that a person she cares greatly about is taking professional steps towards a better life. She said that her husband lost his job more than two years ago and since then has not been able to find a job to suit his qualifications. Unemployment benefits have run out and her husband is being turned down for jobs he is ‘overqualified’ for. Caller states that her husband begins drinking the moment he wakes up and she can’t even remember the last time she saw him without a drink in his hand. Even though the drinking is problematic, she is also worried that him driving after he has been drinking is going to be a problem. Even though he has only been involved in an accident with a garbage can so far, she said, “it is only a matter of time before he hits someone or gets arrested for a DUI.” She realizes that her husband getting away from his ‘routine’ would be best and is looking for an inpatient treatment center that has experience in dealing with individuals struggling with alcohol addiction.
Menchu
Menchu June 9, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Alcoholism can really ruin not just the life of the alcoholic but with the people surrounding them as well. I do hope the wife will do something before deciding to leave him all alone. I mean alcohol addiction is not a lifetime disease, it can be cured so instead of leaving the husband it would be better that she brings her husband to a successful rehab center in their place that allows a long term stay. That way as a wife, she can safe her husband from further troubles and save her marriage as well. I know it can be done, because I experienced what this woman is experiencing too. Instead of giving up with my husband I helped him find the cure through residential rehabilitation and now we are happily living together minus that alcohol in our lives.