Give yourself and the kids the chance of a decent quality of life and give this man the elbow. It could be exactly what he needs to make him really think hard about what he's doing and seek help to make changes. Do you want to live like this for the rest of your life? Struggling to make ends meet while he swills down pounds and pounds in the pub every night, its just not fair is it? Its hard to uproot the kids and move out or even to get him to move out but Im sure that for the sake of a few weeks hardship getting it all sorted will be alot better than a lifetime of stress and drudgery with this man. Its not like he can even be a decent father to his children if he goes straight to the pub everynight and rolls home half cut. Good luck to you with whatever you decide to do Laura.