Sometimes a hotline just isn’t enough

[SunsetBengal]

Sorry to learn that. Hope that all goes well with your wife's recovery, and you both can resume a normal life. Your story reminds me somewhat of my birth mother. She was bi-polar, tended to self-medicate with both alcohol and her prescription meds, and was also at times, suicidal. Thankfully, none of her suicide attempts were ever successful, but she also encountered early onset of Alzheimer's. My sister and I had to have her committed to a lockdown Alzheimer's unit at age 54. She died in early 2018 at age 69, unable to recognize either me, or my sister for over 10 years.

I'm by no means trying to equate your wife's condition to that of my late mother's, just noticing a similarity. My heart goes out to you, and I will you the strength to be there for her.