Ask Amy: Phone’s ‘pocket dial’ rings the wrong number
Your advice?
– Done and Done
Dear Done: Your plan sounds both practical and compassionate. Please, solicit legal advice before leaving your property.
If you went through AA, you’ll know that the first step in that 12-step recovery program is … honesty.
Admit your powerlessness over your partner’s addiction. Write down your plan and present it to her.
And please, introduce her daughter to Al-anon. Al-anon.org offers in-person meetings, as well as an online chat function for teens.
Dear Amy: I read your response to "Devastated Wife" and boy, what a blast from my past of three years ago.
I’m now waiting for my divorce to finalize and every day is a blessing.
It hurts to move on, but I can carry my happy marriage memories with me without being drowned in the reality of an unhappy marriage.
I hope that Devastated can do the same and summon the courage to leave her unhealthy marriage to her alcoholic husband.
– Cheerful Divorcee
Dear Cheerful: “Devastated Wife” detailed the cycle of co-dependency with her addict-husband. I hope she takes care of herself.
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