Is it possible to fix this?

Why are relationships so complicated? How do you know.. how do you decided if it's right things to be together or be apart? Maybe I am a lucky girl to have someone who loves me as much as he does but I am too blind to see it. Maybe I am the complicated one?! Why are relationships so darn complicated? We are living separate.. again.. this is the second time in a year that I asked him to move out. The first time I asked him to move out was because he became so depressed, stressed and mean over the years and it was turning our house into a hostile environment full of tension. It wasn't good for any of us. After a few months apart he admitted to hiding a sleeping pill/pain pill addiction from me for almost 2years. I wanted to believe that the addiction was our problem.. that was the reason he got so mean, distant and depressed. I want to believe that if he got clean we would be all better again. (He has had drinking addictions that he battles off and on since I met him but for the most part he has had a good control over that for years) I let him move back in to quick. I let him move back in before we worked on the underlying problems so of course a few months later even though he was clean from the pills.. he was miserable and we were fighting all the time again!! I asked him to move out.. again.. he begged me not to move on until he has a chance to try counseling.. meds for his anxiety is necessary and works on being a better man. He came 10 steps forward.. 5 steps back since then. He is going to counseling and he likes it. He's learning a lot about himself. He is exercising. But not eating. He is obsessive still (about everything.. he lets his thoughts consume him.. whether it be about me or about worrying about saving money for winter) He doesn't handle stress well. He is a hard worked that would bend over backwards for anyone. He is helpful around the house.. But he just doesn't love himself enough. He doesn't feel like he is good enough. He lacks confidence which shows. When I'm having a bad day he wants to fix it.. he tries to fix it.. and if he can't (because sometimes I just need some me time to cool down) then he gets angry at himself for not being able to fix it for me and then we end of fighting. I don't know what to do. I don't know what is best. Obviously we love each other.. we've been together for 13 years, have a home and kids together. But how do you begin to fix something like this??

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