Good for her, Wiz. It's a little scary and sad, but staying with someone in his path is very scary and tragic. It sounds like she made the right choice to correct what was probably once, the wrong choice.

I used to devote a lot of time to helping women get out of substance and physically abusive marriages. Tell her for me that there are thousands of women like me out there waiting in the wings ready and willing to help her! First stop: closest women's resource center.