My boyfriend.
We've been together for three months. Have known each other for about year before that. He drinks. A lot. He's at the bar just about every night (didn't find this out till we started dating). And expects me to go with him. If I sit there and drink soda or water he'll make comments about it like "Well if you didn't want to come out then why did you?" Just because I'm not drinking alcohol. I'll say to him no I wanted to come out, just not drink. And he cannot understand this. He has said before (on a couple different occasions) that the point of drinking is to get drunk. I've tried to say something to him about his drinking and it does nothing. My father is a recovering alcoholic (sober since I was 4 - I'm 28 now). I've sort of talked to him about it once. He said that if he can't sit there and have one or two drinks, like just can't, then he is an alcoholic. I honestly don't believe he can. Or just doesn't want to.... I have issues. I'm on SSD currently because I can't work do to my mental health issues. I don't know if I'm strong enough to deal with this. If he is an alcoholic but is trying to do something about it, ok. But if he's is and is still in denial or just doesn't want to do anything about it, I don't think I can deal with it. He complains about not having money. All the time. He spends at least $200 - $250 a week at the bar. I think it's ridiculous myself to spend that much on alcohol in a week but maybe I'm just a prude? I don't know. I just feel like I only know him drunk and I have no idea who he is sober. That scares the crap out of me.
I don't know what else to say. I'm sorry if this is not the correct venue for this and I do not mean to offend anyone. If this is the wrong place for this post I'll remove it (Can I do that?)
Any input would be appreciated.
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