Wife Drinks To Cope With Her Narcissistic Husband

Before anyone starts to clatter, criticizing this poor woman, let me say this: a narcissistic husband can and DOES drive his wife to desparate measures. No matter how strong she is at the outset, in time, he renders her into a ghastly caricature of the woman he married. In her painful, terrifying struggle to keep her self-esteem, balance, and yes, sanity, a suffering wife may grasp at anything and everything.

The encouraging fact is that she understands the cause-and-effect connection between her marital pain and her drinking. May I suggest she listen to two shows by LCSW Steve Becker at The Crazy-Making Husband Radio Show? They are:  It’s [Not] All In Your Mind, Dear and Love’s Mirage. Once she processes the wisdom of these two shows, she can focus on extricating herself from the pain, and at the same time, work at managing her need to seek relief from alcohol.