Ask Joe: “I need help because I’m not able to deal with my live-in fiance’s need to get drunk every night”

Joe Herzanek, Addiction Counselor, BCBC

Ask Joe:
“I need help because I’m not able to deal with my live-in fiance’s need to get drunk every night”

I just now received this email/question asking for guidance.

Dear Joe,
I came across your site but I don’t have the money to buy a book or anything. I need help because I’m not able to deal with my live-in fiance’s need to get drunk every night. I’m not comfortable with it.

He says I need counseling to just deal with it because lots of people drink every night. He comes up with bizarre stuff to justify his drinking. Like he’s an Aquarius so he has to drink because . . . (Read the entire entry and Joe’s simple answer)

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  1. connie49’s avatar

    It’s just going to get worse and he will bring you down to his level. He is going to blame you for everything especially his drinking. He doesn’t want to except his own actions and ad-mitt he is an alcoholic, So it’s much easier manipulating you so you will think it’s all your fault for the messier house or his socks has a hole in it, my ex went out and pulled an all nigher all because I brought the kids home a cat. You see they will not except their life and they don’t want you to point it out to them. My mother told me that if I stayed, I would eventually be brought down to his level and I didn’t want to do that. Also. a drunk and a sober person don’t get along very well. I can’t stand a drunk and if he is a crying drunk I have no pity on them at all. I can’t stand a crying drunk. It is good that you found out about him before you married him, they don’t usually change until they are in prison or knocking on death’s door.

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