She's already put him through so much with her drinking. She's an alcoholic and that won't change unless she WANTS to accept help and stop. God won't force her to stop drinking, nor can He help her until she accepts His help.
She loves drinking more than she does him. One of the great things God has done is giving us common sense. Common sense says leave if one is abused. Common sense says leave (maybe temporarily) and if the person doesn't get help for an addiction, then to leave for good. God never says if one person is self destructive, to just have the "sane" person sit and let the marriage crumble to pieces. Alcoholism destroys lives and unless something changes, she will bring him down with her.
This answer is for Lady blue and jsr1221
I am sorry guys but you obviously have no idea of what God can do. Even if you know this chap and have lunch with him and let him offload his troubles to you and swap phone numbers with him, it is obvious you have not got the slightest clue just what the power of God can do.
Is God false to say "The power of prayer can demolish strong holds"? Go outside on a clear night and look up. everything you see was put there for us. It is held in place for us. Jesus died so we can have a relationship with this creator, this one, the one who holds all he has made in the palm of His hand.
This man, GraceDefined is the husband, he has privileges that others do not. He is the head of his household and high priest within his family within the order of Melkizedech. He has been commissioned from Christ to give himself for her (his wife) as Christ gave Himself for us (His bride), to the death if necessary.
It is in this stance of love and sacrifice that God can work. I am sorry Gracedefined I was challenged and had to answer for your sake. Jesus gave Himself for us while we were still sinners, and to reciprocate this sacrifice from us to our own families is what separates us from the common earth dwellers that do not know Jesus.
I am presuming you do know Jesus and you have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and that you commune with Jesus, if you do not, then what am I talking about? Then, if this is the case, you need to get into Jesus presence and get sorted because all this will be gobbledegook otherwise.
I lived with an alcoholic wife for over 13 years before she died, I know what its like waking up in a urine soaked bed, doing the washing before work making sure the kids have breakfast, cooking the evening meal because she is comatose on the sofa at 5pm, finding it hard to make ends meet and even contemplating crime as a way to feed the children.
Get into Jesus presence GraceDefined, ask Him to reaffirm His love and power in you and enable you to stand.
God bless