He beats me up when I ask him to stop drinking

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I have been married for four years now but we don't have any children yet. This marriage has been hell and I have never known the happiness that people enjoy in marriage. For the last three years, my husband has never come home before 11pm. He drinks himself silly every day of his life to the point that I am now accustomed to the stench of a drunkard even though it is extremely disturbing. Whenever I complain about this he beats me up and tells me to look for another man who does not drink. I have found a job closer to my home in Murang'a and we are currently living in Umoja. When I told him about it, he told me that he will change and begged that I don't go although the situation is still the same. I want to try my luck out there. I am confused because I think I need to move out of this but I don't know how. {Mildred}