[GiveLove]

Emma,

I'm so sorry you're going through this. I'll share what my counselor once told me, when I was mourning how people were destroying the things that used to have great meaning for me: He said, "Well....that's their choice. You are constantly creating your own photographs, though, and they can't touch those."

I'm sorry they're choosing to be monsters.

You, however, are not a monster. You're just stuck with a bunch of people who are playing out this horrible drama of alcoholism, but it's not you. You are still in there, inside, safe where they can't get you. There's still a wellspring of love inside you, a fire they can never put out. When you can, you will free yourself of their madness and start creating your own cherished memories, far from this insanity. And THOSE are yours to keep.

Any new news on that front? Any prospects for getting out of there?

(((emma)))

GL