She didn't go into marriage contemplating divorce. She and her husband were young, well-educated and in love. He was a successful salesman; she'd just signed on with an accounting firm. So it didn't bother her that six years later, her career was flourishing, while her husband had begun bouncing from job to job. Nor did she balk at supporting him later, when he quit his job to battle his addiction to alcohol.
But when he stopped even looking for work, exhausted her insurance plan's coverage for substance abuse treatment, and began dipping into their savings account to finance his drug and alcohol binges, she began to consider getting out. Twelve years of marriage was adding up to a loss.
-30-
