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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
Just so you know, if she stopped drinking and is not getting help her behavior patterns won’t really change much. This is known as “dry drunk”. So that toxic loop with jobs and other relationships will all be in the same loop.
Can’t stress enough on how important it is to get education and help/support for yourself and your children. And for your children that are now young adults there is ALCOA support groups. (Adult Children of Alcoholics).
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And if she already has brain damage from the alcohol (likely), she will not be able to participate in any kind of therapy that will help. It will be lost on her.
I would definitely look into Al-Anon for yourself and the other programs for the kids so you can try to cope with this. Your wife probably also needs a neuropsychological evaluation to see how much cognitive damage she has.