Thank you for all the kind words. I am feeling much better today.
This is no big deal, but the melodrama in my family is inevitable.
I love my mom with all my heart, BUT I went from living with a mean drunk to living with a food addict. She is incredibly negative and it is causing me a lot of stress right now. One of the reasons that I'm up so early is because she blasts the TV all night long. She was on narcotic pain relievers for years and just stopped taking them several months ago. She is incredibly sensitive, negative, and emotional. Of course, she is codependent, just as I am. The difference is that I'm improving and she isn't.
Any wise suggestions??? I don't want to go back to the mean drunk and I can't handle the guilt trips and negativity here.