My husband is a high-functioning alcoholic. He has a great job, is a great father, but gets drunk 4-5 nights a week. So he doesn’t just have a beer or two, he has 12+ and gets drunk every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He is always tentative in the evening, making sure my needs are met, the kiddos needs are met, and the second the kiddos are asleep he goes to the garage and drinks until he passes out.

Because he is high functioning, and extremely helpful around the house he sees NO issue with this. And because I am concerned and bring this up every week he thinks I am just trying to control him. He has been very consistent with drinking like this for 5+ years now. It’s been gradual and slowly drinks more and more each year. It started with two days a week, then three days a week, now we are up to 4 with the occasional 5 days a week.

What do I do? I can’t even convince him that his alcohol consumption is an issue since it has not cause any negative effects….yet. And the more I bring it up the more he dismisses my concerns: