Feeling a sense of peace
Hard to believe it but it's true. I grew up in a home with depressed, tense parents (including an alcoholic) and started drinking myself at 17. I feel like I've been in a state of heightened anxiety forever. Exquisitely supported vast quantities of alcohol and the fear and exhaustion that comes with that.
Even though my life is somewhat chaotic now (just by the nature of having small children, etc) I have a sense of peace that I don't think I ever had before. Even as (especially as?) as a child.
There is hope.
THANK YOU to everyone at SR. I could not have arrived here without you.