Thank you all for the good advice. I do feel better knowing I've taken steps toward independence. Of course when I did, he has gone overboard trying to get me back under his control.

Today we go to the VA to see what the "significant findings" were on his MRI. And my daughter goes to court March 3rd. I couldn't sleep last night because there is so much of my life hanging by a thread. Believe it or not, but its my daughter who is possibly facing doing time, who is trying her best to encourage me.

That touches my heart very much.