I have just found out that my new girlfriend of only 5 months is an alcoholic. I had know idea until this weekend when I found her totally drunk, dilerious and injured. It scared me like nothing in my life previously had. Neither she nor her family (who all knew) had told me about her 'disease' at all, and she gave me no signs of it over our short relationship. I feel foolish not to have seen possible signs. I have read and meet a lot of people involved with alcoholics over the last few days in order to try and understand what she is going through. I love her dearly but don't know if I (now) want to stay with her and over time 'help' her someway OR leave her soon. I am scared that if I leave her then she will get much worse because I have left her, and that maybe she might get badly injured or try to commit suicide someday. I think I would feel very responsible if these things occured. She's been an alcoholic for 7 years and is fully aware of her disease and wants to stop. PLEASE HELP!
2007-10-17
05:50:38
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