After his wife died. He couldn't get over it. He really did love her deeply by the sound of it. That's why he turned to alcohol to numb the pain. He said that he was seeing a therapist. So he must have reached a point where he knoew what he was doing wasn't working for him and he decided to get help. Part of that was removing her things from the house. His emotions around the death of his wife were heightened because he was, in a way, letting her go. When the son tried to look in the bag he couldn't handle it because it it highlighted the fact that he was, in his mind, abandoning his wife by moving her things and on some level he felt deeply ashamed about it. That's what I think anyway. Cheers I hope this explains it somewhat :)
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