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It sounds like your husband's thoughts are related to depression and addiction. Probably doesn't help that alcohol is a depressant. I hope he accepts some help so he does not have to continue to feel the way he does.
Am going to answer your question regarding not wanting to live and suicide from a personal perspective. For me they are different things. In the worst of my depression I wanted to die. I had multiple plans to end my life. Therapy and meds helped me overcome that.
I have a physical disorder that causes chronic pain throughout my body. It is exhausting an debilitating. There are days I don't want to live anymore because I want to end the pain. I'm not suicidal at those times though. I don't have a plan. I don't want to die. I want the pain to end. Does that make any sense?
I've talked to my pdoc about this. For me, there is a difference in how the two situations feel. When I'm suicidal I want to die. I want everything to end. When I don't want to live because of the pain, I don't want to die. I want the pain to end.
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