I stopped drinking on Valentine's Day 1988, because my boyfriend stood me up for a Valentine's date because he was so smashed he passed out at his house. During the next 7 years together (6 of which we lived together) he still drank and got DUIs. When we broke up he spent time in jail for DUI hit and run. He called me up on July 4, 1999, to make amends - probably a court-ordered AA group. I told him to never contact me again, and he never has. Thank My Higher Power. It is amazing how alcoholics affect so many people around them.