Sleepwalking

[hezeronek]

Help! My husband has been drinking copious amounts of alcohol in his sleep!!! It goes like this... he says goodnight and goes to bed. Then, about a half hour to 45 minutes later he gets up and I catch him drinking beer, wine or liquor in his sleep! He talks jibberish, and also does other things, like cooking brownies (and leaving the oven on), going outside and leaving the front door open, smoking, and taking random pills from the medicine cabinet. I have tried changing the locations of household medications, even hiding the beer! But short of committing us both to permanent and complete sobriety, and eliminating all sharp objects from the home, I don't know what to do! He's not an alcoholic or a druggie... when he is awake anyways!

He has shopped on the internet, called his employer, and sent out unintelligible texts messages to his friends as well. He's changed the bedsheets, peed in water bottles, fed the cats cans of tuna from the kitchen, and handled knives. Tonight, he even applied my tens unit to his chest! Good thing I caught him in time, else he could have sent his heart into an arrhythmia! I can find the humor in it, but this is really scary. No matter what I do, I can't seem to wake him! He stays up for more than an hour, and I have to watch him every minute to keep him from doing something dangerous. Plus, he never remembers any of it in the morning! He wakes up feeling refreshed and well, whilst I'm baggy-eyed and exhausted from babysitting him all night.

Anyhow, I'm glad I found this forum. If nothing else, at least I have a way to vent my frustrations and share stories. It is nice to know I'm not alone! Any thoughts or advice helps!