I Left My Husband Do to Verbal Abuse and His Drinking. I Regret It but I Know Its Right To. How Can I Get …

Question by Angellady29: I left my husband do to verbal abuse and his drinking. I regret it but I know its right to. How can I get …
Through this. I had my mom drive me up to meet with my husband so I can talk to him. I tried explaining to him because of his verbal abuse and drinking I have gone down hill emotionally. He told me he hasn’t had a drink in 2 days, which is good but he needs to continue. Emotionally and physically I’m drained. My family made me choose between my husband and them because they know I’ve had emotional problems in the past and they feel that being with him is going to hurt me again. I told my husband that I needed to get away for awhile to work on my self. He said he wanted a divorce. I don’t think that is fair. I would think if he loved me then he would want to see me do good for myself. My mom called his mom to talk to him. I guess she had said something like if I new your daughter had mental issues then I wouldn’t off allowed them to get married. I don’t think that is fair on my part because I’m the kindest person, caring, and loving. I did have a nervous breakdown do to my father almost dieing etc….and I was out of work for 2 months and so forth, but that was 5 years ago. Do you think its right that I want to help my self get better before I get sick. My husband is in hysterics, and I want to be with him, but I know I need to help myself. Help me with some advice please. Please no mean comments, just need advice.

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Answer by Commando
Your best tool to deal with this, is your family. If you really want to help your husband get better, you’d go with him to therapy sessions i.e. AA meetings.

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