How can I tell my husband I want to seperate/divorce after 6 years of marriage?

After 6 years of marriage, I have decided I want to ask my husband for a divorce. This has not been an easy decision to make, of course. Looking back, I realize that our marriage has been rocky at times from the beginning. I in no way am trying to place ALL [...]

For Brian S., and your argument against same-sex marriage?

You said:
“You prove my point exactly. Many supporters of gay marriage are not even willing to consider someone else’s view. In contrast, homosexuality is a life style choice and should not be given special rights. While homosexuals may be born with homosexual tendencies, they still make an active decision to be gay. There are many [...]

Should two people try and work on their marriage if one person is a recovering alcoholic who abused the other.?

I have been married to an alcoholic man for four years and have experienced domestic violence as a result of his alcoholism. He is however currently in recovery and is sober and a much easier person to get along with now. Should he and I continue to work on our marriage or should we just [...]

What is the ending of a “successful” marriage?

Is it death? Is it not getting a divorce?

Do you think a successful marriage is trying your best for ten years but then falling out of love, or wanting to cheat and then bailing out,

Or
Is a more successful marriage being poor, cheating stints, abuse, alcoholism,
But staying married until either one of you die, well into [...]

How long does it take to develop liver cirrhosis? How do I convince him alcoholism hurts our marriage & kids?

My husband, who is 35, unemployed, and suffers from bipolar disorder, is a heavy drinker and, I’m quite sure, an alcoholic. He weighs approximately 400 pounds (down from his max of 564, but up from the 300 he hit after gastric bypass in 2000). He drinks anywhere from 12 to 30+ beers a day (I [...]

Alcoholism and marriage advice?

As a wife what would you do?

Scenario~

We are a married couple with two children. For the most part very happy. Most only spats we ever have are financial and are few and far between.

However it was not always this way. My husband was an alcoholic and has been sober for a very [...]

how to save a marriage from alcoholism and anger?

It seams that everytime my wife and i go out and have a few drinks we end up fighting …the wife blames it on me and i think if she didnt drink so much we wouldnt be fighting everytime we go out.Its when i see that she has had to much she tells me shes [...]

Why is it that the States with highest alcoholism are the gay marriage states?

Like Iowa and Massachusetts?

http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k5State/Ch3.htm#Fig3.1

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/gaymarriage/map/