Wife Of An Alcoholic: Recovery | Loving An Alcoholic | Codependency| Michelle Lisa Anderson

The moment I knew I needed to leave. I had been waiting for this moment for years and years. Even through all the verbal abuse, the name calling, the shaming, the lying and the manipulation, I still clung to hope. I still loved him and I loved the idea of our family staying together. But somewhere deep in the back of my mind, I knew there might come a day when I needed to leave. But my heart wasn't ready. My mind still had not arrived at the decision that I felt my spirit pushing me towards. I knew raising my kids in this dysfunction wasn't ok on any level. I knew he wasn't going to get better. And I knew the harder I was trying to help him the worse it was getting. I could see this wonderful man disappear literally day by day. Every month his addiction was worse than the month before. It was a downward spiral. But I hadn't yet arrived at the point where leaving was the only option. My back was not up against the wall. I still wanted to wait and exercise all my choices. And then the moment came. And it was cr