Alcholism and Custody
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Alcholism and Custody
| Fri, 05-23-2008 - 7:46pm |
Friends,
I am in the middle of a divorce, we are using a mediator, and we are now ironing out child custody. We have a 9 year old. The current plan is to have him live with me, and go visit his father every other weekend and alternating weekdays (one week it's Wednesday, the other it's Monday and Tues.) He'll be living about a half mile away.
My concern is that although he is a good father, he is an alchoholic. He won't admit it. He is so defensive when I look at him funny when every night he brings home a 6-pack or a bottle of wine. He'll have these all to himself. Every night he has to have something!

Sorry you are going through this.
My stbx is also an alcoholic.
Dear movingonthistime,
Thank you for your reply. Both you and the other poster mentioned the 12-hour thing and so I am wondering if this language is fairly common in these situations. I am now going to figure out how to use this. What a great idea.
Good luck to you,
bp5567
Dear buckeyegold,
Thank you for your reply. I cannot imagine the worry if your x can put away a case! Although mine is quite scary too because with the 6-pack it could be argued that he has things under control (which is not true).
I appreciate your advice about the 12-hour clause and am going to figure out how to use that. Things will blow up I'm sure once I do that, as he wouldn't want anyone to know it about him, so we'll see. But I don't think telling him to do that will be enforcement enough; I'll have to have the mediator or my attorney put it in writing.
Good luck to you too. Thanks again.
bp5567