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Should I keep him or should he go

I am a widowed woman with one child.  I have been dating my BF for 3 years and living together for 2 years.  We share many things in common and at first the relationship was awesome.  Here lately the communication has fallen off and he doesn't make over me like he used to.  The other two major problems I have is he is a recoving alcoholic.  He was doing good and on a medicine to stop drinking.  Well, he fell off the wagon and I told him he must get back on the meds or it's over between us.  He agreed to this.  I do not want myself or my child to be around this drunken behavior.  Now he is sliding back and drinking again and sneaking it.  I feel like I cannot trust him at all now and he has broken my trust.  The other issue I have is he has 2 children and they have so much drama and call him non-stop.  I feel I deserve better, however I am torn.  What should I do?  
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I think You should stand strong on ending the relationship if He does not stay on His meds and continue His recovery.  Otherwise, You ENABLE Him to continue His behavior of drinking and sneaking to do it - not good for Him, not good for You and absolutely not good for Your Child!!

Love is a Choice - and addiction is a Deal Breaker - "love" does not conquer problems - people do.
You can CHOOSE not to expose YourSelf and Your Child to alcoholism and He can CHOOSE to recover.

GoodLuck To You
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Hi, if you have to ask this question then you already have the answer as true love is long suffering and enduring.
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