Dear Ann Landers: Living with an alcoholic is lonely. My husband and I have been married for 30 years. Our children are grown. You'd think it would be great to do as we please, but what pleases one does not necessarily please the other.

At the end of the day, when he comes home from work, we talk for about five minutes. It's "How was your day? Did anything exciting happen?" He is cheerful and pleasant, and then he goes down to the basement for an hour or so to polish his shoe ...

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