I know that it’s relatively easy to make judgements on other people’s opinions but I strongly believe in the saying, walk a mile in my shoes, it’s so true. I also had to cope with a loved one’s struggles with alcohol addiction. I don’t think that there’s one set of rules fits all, every situation is different…my partner was a drinker when I met him but the extent of his drinking was slowly becoming a problem. It would take too long to relate all that we went through but I was blessed after many years later when he had enough suffering and he finally quit, he is now clean and sober for 21 years. I know that people used to look down on alcoholics because they didn’t recognize it as an illness like any other addiction or disease, only today I believe that there’s a more compassionate attitude towards alcoholism. It’s truly a heartache to go through this with a loved one and experiences vary greatly from one person to another but the pain is the same for those who live with this illness.