Dear TRW:

Did you look for AA, Alcoholic Anonymous literature and support groups for him and for you, the support groups for partners and family members  of alcoholics, called Al-Anon? Al-Anon would be the best support for you, I think.

His alcoholism is not an excuse for abusing you, or using you as a punching bag. There is no excuse for that  and you must leave  him for that reason alone, to no longer be a punching bag.

I hope that if you contact AA or Al-Anon, they can advise you regarding him drinking and driving, and what can be done to protect the public from him.

Otherwise, please post here again, anytime you’d like. I will be glad to reply to you when you post and I hope other members will as well.

I will be back to the computer  in about fifteen hours. Please take good care of yourself.

anita