Is our community drinking too much? One wife’s chilling story, a harsh reality
Anyone who has ever lived with someone who has battled alcoholism knows how tough it is to live with… and the awful things that happen which they’re unaware of to begin with.
This article, at least for me, isn’t about addiction. It’s about a young woman feeling unable to speak out and tell her parents what she was hearing when engaged. It’s about the pressures to marry young and to ask for advice from the wrong people.
“Has he been sober for six years?”
Having done the research and spoken frankly with Dovid, Sari answered with a confident yes.
“Mazel tov,” the Rav answered. Then he repeated the mazel tov another three times. With her heart at ease, Sari got engaged soon afterward.
A few days after the vort, Dovid mentioned he was taking a small dose of Klonopin, a drug sometimes used to treat anxiety. Sari was taken aback — Dovid had assured her he wasn’t taking any medication. She didn’t want to involve her parents this late in the game and she wasn’t sure if they’d be able to handle the information or know what to do with it.”
#hasidic #Jewish #frum #coercion #forcedmarriage #wedding #engagement
https://mishpacha.com/down-to-the-last-drop/
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