Maybe in the future if you and your boyfriend are solid, adoption by your new partner might be an option, it has already been said, it is far too early probably to be making any firm decisions yet, but i happy to hear your new partner is ready to step up and be a daddy to your baby.

I can only give you some advice on my own experience and i am not sure it will help, my ex husband was also an alcoholic and i parted with him when my son was about 16 months old, he was not a bad person and he had sought help for his problem, he saw my son for about a year and had remarried taking on four other children, i later met someone who wanted to adopt my son, but the relationship ended, my son's father had decided to stay out of the picture and let it go ahead and sign his rights over,however he chose not to re-enter my son's life,even though i gave him the opportunity telling him the relationship had finished, i have since married and my son was legally adopted by husband.,at the age of ten years old.

I am not sure if i made the right decision to this day, but my son considers my husband his dad, and has no desire to ever look up his biological father, he is now 25 yrs old, however i do think it affected him, no matter the situation they feel abandoned by them, and it does hurt them,you can only do what you feel is right for your child,good luck.