Wyo Woman, I read recently a song in the DT that is about a similar thing. Kat put a link to it in another thread, but I don't remember which one.

Anyway, the lady in a similar situation was beaten every time her husband came home drunk. Finally one night, she waited until he was "dead" alseep, and sewed and sewed and sewed until he was encased in the sheets and couldn't move. When he awoke, she beat him with the frying pan, and told him that if he didn't change his ways, he was out the door. His behaviour changed.

The song is based on a true story......

Margarita