Mental health??

So...my husband came home early from the office because he had a virtual work happy hour this afternoon. Nothing new there...but when I got home he seemed like he had way more to drink than the one beer he claimed he had. He offered to grab our son from daycare and I said “no you’ve been drinking”...left, grabbed dinner and came home to him passed out. Once I woke him up he came clean that on his way to work today he stopped and got a bottle of liquor and drank In his office all day. Mind you this is the second time he’s done this (last time in June). He obviously knows it’s a really bad idea but claims he has “bad/sad thoughts” and it seems like a good idea at the time to help. (I.e self medicating). Anyway long story short, he’s been claiming some mental health issues since early 2020 so he’s been talking to a therapist and we have been doing marriage counseling (mostly due to his drinking habits). At this point he thinks he needs medication so we are making an apt with family doctor tomorrow.

I’m just kind of at a loss. If anyone has dealt with anything similar I’d love to hear from you. I had an alcoholic mom and he doesn’t think it’s that but more mental health that needs fixing and that’ll help his poor drinking decisions? I have no idea. 🤦🏼‍♀️ sigh. Sorry for posting anonymously I just don’t know where these posts can end up on inter web lol