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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/waetherman on 2024-11-04 09:25:03+00:00.

During the pandemic, I lost my job and had a rough time mentally and I developed some bad habits; I started drinking a lot, then drinking more. There were some incidents but mostly I was able to hide it from my family. Eventually though my wife called me out on it about a year ago and I admitted the problem, and vowed to stop. I got on some medication that helped and have been good during that time. I stayed away from hard liquor which was my tipping point, but in the last few weeks I dropped the medication because I thought I was past the hardest part and could do it on my own. Then I started drinking again - a little wine, a little beer….and then tonight, for some reason I thought a little rum sounded nice. A little turned into a lot. I thought I was able to hide it but I got fall-down drunk in front of wife and kid, and there was no hiding it. Now I’m on the couch (4am) feeling terrible about myself, worried about having that conversation when my wife wakes up. I really don’t deserve her or my kid. I want to be better but I feel like sometimes I can’t help myself. Which is a lame excuse because I can help myself. I just don’t.

TL;DR drank booze after being mostly sober for a year, now I’m in the doghouse and worried about what my wife will do in a few hours when she wakes up.

Update: wife woke me up at 6am and told me I fucked up, but she wasn’t as harsh as she should have been. I’m not going to test her patience again.