Hi Paula,
I was - or close to being - an alcoholic. A lot of it was to do with an unhappy marriage & a wife who supported, or maybe reawakened, the CD in me, then pulled the rug from under my heels, that coupled with the fact that she was selfish, mean, unpleasant . . . well, a lot of things. I left her, found here, opened up to my sister, opened up to my current SO, and . . . well. I don't drink anymore.
Be happy with who you are even if noone else is.
