My husband has been sober for 34 years now. He has been very active in AA and has sponsored many different people. Saying “I practically stopped drinking” is uttered by those who want to keep using alcohol and all these people that have uttered that end up abusing alcohol again. People who have substance abuse problems must commit to living their life one day at a time without alcohol period. I have seen enough over a lot of years. Many die of the damages alcohol has caused and developed brain challenges that caused permenant damage.

I am wondering if you wife is trying to get diagnosed where she can get disability and not work. That said, hopefully she does get sober and therapy and becomes financially secure. In what I witnessed some commit and improve and some are on and then start abusing drugs again.