Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-36393004-20181220225142/@comment-9041013-20181221110612

I'm not married but I'm going to assume that a major reason for marriages falling apart is the lack of healthy communication, exacerbation of existing problems (be it monetary, emotional, material; whatever) and the innability to improve oneself for the sake of yourself and the relationship.

I'll stray off course here a bit, I hope you're a recovering one, Locked. My family has a history of alcoholism as well, but for the most part it's cured. Thus, I restrict my drinking habits. It's all in your head before it gets out of hand. Same goes for religion, if you think you are not good enough to go to heaven, improve yourself.

Back to the whole story thing, "X got killed" isn't scary, the same way "You're about to go to hell" isn't.

Show me a bit of his hell, and it might be scary.

Also, an idea popped up, why won't he meet this guy with the box at the store where he decides to buy some alcohol? Because, again, him coming home drunk won't save him from an argument, and instead, just shift the story to the store and out of it.