Well, I quit my job thinking it would make life better, but I didn't know what alcoholism was really like then and how serious it was. If I could turn back time, I would have kept the job and ditched the guy, but I guess I had to go through all of this to know that.
But, I knew a woman at my old job who had a chaotic home life and had to miss more than her fair share of work, there wasn't a whole lot of sympathy on the part of my mostly male and single team. Lots of grumbling about how they wished they could get away with taking so many days off...it's hard to try to work and parent under normal circumstances, add this to the mix and it's very challenging. I can't imagine being in a job that required a lot of concentration, like a nurse!