I of course don't know the fine details... but being in a wreck, having your arm torn off and being left with only one arm is a massively traumatizing experience. One could say he lost his family because he became an alcoholic, but it all revolves around a very bad occurrence. I feel like a good wife would truly understand that and would stick by and help their husband through "thick and thin". Let's seem he has a super fucked experience and is now dealing with not being able to do things and he is so hurt that he has to drink to dull the pain. How about taking his family away just to put the nail in the coffin! So fucked up, I see the possible reverse of an alcoholic husband and father, but still without knowing the details, I think it's fucked up of the wife.
Hopefully he lost his non-dominant arm...
No, he lost his dominant arm. He had to relearn everything. I think he hit rock bottom and became full of hate or whatever. He was bitter/thought his life was over. She just couldn't handle him anymore. He made it through it, though. He hid out for those few years. I remember not seeing him a lot. Then one day, there he was out in his yard -nice as could be. He came to terms with it. He told me that he still feels pain in that arm even though it isn't there. Phantom pain.
Crazy story, thanks for sharing.
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