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Been there. I'm the one with the problem, not them. I'm the alcoholic who has to figure out how to cope, and coping does not involve controlling other people's behavior.
Words were not helpful, if anything sarcastic.
I believe in the short term the partner should be supportive in helping you get started to be successful in the journey even if this entails them not drinking around you for an initial period of time. Long term it’s on you.
Great response.. Support is the main goal in recovery..
Personally, in my own recovery journey, I have found it best to value the relationship over the alcohol. Faithful are the wounds of a friend for they guide us to upright living. The pain from the truth is far greater than and preferable to the buzz/effects of alcohol. On our deathbeds none of us will ever say, “I should have drank more.” But we may say, “I should have loved/related/etc more.”
Pro
I am the one who is powerless over alcohol. Any resentment I feel towards others who drink is 100% my inventory to do, and has nothing to do with them. That includes my wife, my co-workers, even sponsees who decide to go out and do some more research is none of my business.
Early in sobriety, I absolutely was triggered by other people drinking, ads on tv, billboards, walking by the booze aisle in the grocery store, etc.
Once I had done sufficient work to have a higher power in my life, the obswas lifted, and I am now able to buy wine for my wife, thiugh I do usually decline to open and/or pour.
Hiding from alcohol is not a long-term solution, I think you might benefit from reading pages 100-102 in the big book of AA.
M1 staying sober requires me to examine myself and in that examination I know that if you stay in the barber shop long enough eventually you'll get a haircut. I've already accepted the fact that being sober means I'm going to have a terrible miserable life. I'm miserable around alcohol and I haven't been able to find a new group of friends my age (mid 20s) who don't drink so I pretty much spend my free time alone with my dog or alone at the gun range or alone at the gym. I'll either kill myself within in the next 10 years (I own soooooo many guns will be easy) or I'll start drinking and using again once I've saved up enough money to buy a hermitage somewhere and enough liquor and drugs to drink and drug myself to death✌️
Enthusiast
Does your partner have a dependency issue with alcohol? Have you ever verbalized to them that their drinking upsets you or makes you feel less supported?
As someone who has been deeply impacted by my partner’s drinking, I understand the ultimatum. There gets to be a point when you can’t take it any longer and you’re at a loss for what to do. With that said, I’m not a big drinker and told my partner I’d happily abstain with him. He decided against that road and voiced to me he didn’t want his issues to impact my decisions. I think as a partner who loves an alcoholic, you need to be willing to make lifestyle changes that support your partner’s sobriety. For me, that support comes in different ways. But if there ever came a time where my partner said my drinking triggered or impacted him, I’d leave it behind because his sobriety is more important than a glass of wine for me.
I suggest a conversation with your partner about how it’s making you feel.
You never put a stumbling block in front of anyone regardless if they are a recovering alcoholic or not... If I new my partner was an alcoholic I would not tease nor intice them with possibly relapsing because I want to drink in front them and they cannot... I would respect my partner and not drink... If someone was a recovering crack addict who stopped... Would it be ok if there partner continue to smoke crack in front of them???
I'd let them leave
OOF that would not make me feel loved or respected and I would probably leave. If somebody wants you to do something then they should be willing to do it themselves so as not to be a temptation to you.