Al-Anon offers lifeline to wives, partners of alcoholics

As a mother and wife it became excruciating for Naomi (not her real name) to watch her husband turn to alcohol for solace while neglecting the people he loved.

And it was only after she would have had enough and left him on his destructive journey that he finally hit rock bottom and sought help that not only healed him but helped his wife and daughter.

Today as he continues to be a recovering alcoholic his wife Naomi is on a journey of her own; one