When Does When Need To Be For A Divorce?

Where do i start? There is no question that I love my wife. For two years i have been married to her. I was the happiest man in the world when the both of us decided to elope back in 2006.
Unfortunatlly i never expected such a dark cloud of suffering during my 2 years of marriage. My wife and I were married back in March of 2006. One month later i found out a horrifying issue that she has. She was addicted to Crack Cocaine and Pain Pills.
I never saw it coming. It was just a mack truck that hit me straight on and it has yet to stop. Before we were married my wife was laid off from her job. She did not take it well at all. She was always upset, always sleeping and i noticed that she was not taking care of her place much anymore. I just thought to myself that this was probably typical when depressed about losing a job.
A couple weeks after we go married i notice odd things missing. I couldnt find my poker set, i couldnt find my watch, i couldnt find my camera..etc.. Since we just moved to a new house i just thought it was just packed up somewhere. After all was unpacked i still didnt find them. Everyweek something would dissapear.
During the same time i would notice that 20 here, 20 there was taken from the ATM a number of times each week…I couldnt figure it out. Sometime in April i needed to leave town for business for 5 days. Everything had been going great until my third day away. I was at a CVS buying a snack and my card was declined. Thinking that maybe i just forgot to move my money from one account to another i made no big deal of it. A couple hours later i was shocked to notice that 3 transactions had been made for 150, 300 and 220 from 9pm to 3am. I called the wife to see why so much was taken out a i couldnt get a hold of her to 24 hours.
After i came home i kept drilling her on why so much $ was taken out and she just said that she owed some people money and that its all taken care of. Naturally that answer was not good enough for me, but i just delt with it.
A week later once again 350 bucks was taken out. I tried to call her but no answer. I did not hear back for 48 hours. I begged and proded and pleaded to her. She finally broke down and told me the truth she was addicted to crack and pain pills and periodically she would have her binges. She promised me it wouldnt happen again and she was getting help.
A week later 500 gone. The continous circle of money concerns, divorce threats, appologies and dissapointments has gone full circle over an infinate number of times. The worst month was in September of 2007 when 2600 had been taken from savings in one month.
There have been a number of things ive tried from controling the money, letting our family know of the issues, selling out second car to make up for bills and to also limit her ability to drive. She just finds ways to still get her fix. From forging my name on my checks to phycolohgically messing with my mind and making me feel horrible for making her feel like i was controling her life.
In my opinion im dont believe that i crossed the line. I gave her money when she asked. All i asked was for reciepts. I would take her to when she wanted to go at ANYTIME of the day or night. i was her personal choffier. But unfortunatllly that wasnt enought in her mind. So what do i do?? Loan her the car. Unfortunatlly there were time where i got the impact of her binges. Many times she would leave me stranded for hours after work and i would just wait. Knowing deep inside the reason she was late was because she wasnt in a state to drive. On average i would be stranded for 5 or 6 hours until she came to get me or if i convinced a friend to drop me off. The worst was when i went to work an event 2 hours away from home Both her an i were working different promotional events. She got out a couple hours before i did. Because of that i gave her the car to get us something to eat…..She never came back. I didnt knopw what to do? My wife had left me to go 2 hours south to get her fix. She kept telling me that she was leaving in 10 minutes…2 hours went to 4 hours, 4 hours when to 6 hours…etc..It was midnight and she still hadnt shown up. I knew i had to walk to a hotel. I arrived at the hotel. Unfortunatlly to my dissapointment the card was declined. I looked in my pocket and only had 50 bucks. The room was 90. I couldnt do anything. I checked my balence and noticed “$0″. I called my wife and told her that i had 0 money and that i could not get a room. She said she would be leaving to get me….I was in the streets for 48 hours until i ran into a lady that was desperate for gas money and needed to go accross the state. After i convinced her i was safe, i gave her my last 40 bucks i had with me and she dropped me off to my car.
I love my wife, but going through this wirlwind of stress at the moment. Its really effecting my health and my job. At the same time i dont vent to anyone since i am JUST SO EMBARRASED about the wh

6 comments to When Does When Need To Be For A Divorce?

  • Just wanted to say that I agree with Poopy. Unless your wife wants to change and can admit that she has a problem, it won’t get any better. I would suggest that you seek help for yourself in dealing with this terrible mess.
    I have an acquaintance who is exactly like your wife. She is addicted to meth and cocaine. I have seen her put three men in the “poor house”. She lies and steals, anything for that next fix. She did 12 months in the State Pen, came out and went right back to her old ways. She has three beautiful kids that she never sees. I feel so bad for you and hope you can find the strength to get out of that situation.

  • J

    DIVORCE HER. If you haven’t figured out its what you need to do by now, you’re in serious denial. Also, I’d recommend having her arrested or somehow forced into rehab. She needs a wake up call and help…you need out.

  • ?

    Take her to get help and good luck.

  • Oh you poor thing. You have put up with much more than most would. You need to take control of all your accounts immediately. You need to distance yourself form her. You are guilty of enabling her and her addiction. Only way she’ll look at herself and possibly change is if you cut her off completely. Do that for her. And for yourself! It may seem mean but its really a very loving gift. Do it now. Cut her off.

  • Poopy

    Why the H*LL are you still with this woman?!?!?
    Don’t think you can “fix” her, or make her want to fix herself, because you can’t. The only way she will ever get better is if she figures it out for herself and wants it for herself, and apparently she hasn’t hit rock bottom yet for that realization to occur.
    The best thing you can do is save yourself. Get out, get in counseling, move on. Maybe you leaving her @$$ will be the wake-up call she needs to get herself together.
    I feel so bad for you, man. Don’t let embarrassment stop you from getting the help you need to move on and build a better life for yourself. I’m so sorry.
    Hope this helps.
    P.S. Don’t listen to all these people who say YOU need to get her into treatment. You can try, but ultimately it is up to her. She is an adult, and her actions are her own responsibility, not yours. Don’t buy into the guilt/blame game.

  • You NEED to get your wife into treatment NOW! She is going to end up either dead from an overdose, dead from a drug deal gone wrong, or in prison when she gets busted with drugs or buying them. Getting her help is number one, after that you can work on your marriage or decide to end things.

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