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Old 06-07-2011, 07:16 AM
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EmeraldRose
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Originally Posted by gr8t2bme View Post
Thank you to everyone for your advice and support. What bothers me the most is me trusting her enough to tell her what I went through during my dark days of drinking.
Passing out on my front porch being taken away by the ambulance and hospitalized.
Having the police take me to the hospital because I tried to take my own life.
My daughter finding me passed out on the floor.
Drinking and driving and not remebering it.
Sitting on the side of the road drunk wanting to just lay back when a car was coming to be crushed by the car.
Spending hundreds of dollars at a casino and not remembering because I was so drunk.

I don't trust people much and I thought she was a friend that I could.
We never drank together and I only became friend with her about 8 months ago. What bothers me is her tempting me but the comment she made about not telling anyone really bothers me the most. What did she mean about that.
She then texted me the next morning, "Is your drunk ass up?" I am so hurt and angry.
Trust is a very difficult thing. Even my brother who is NOT a drinker said that he struggles with trusting people in a new situation. He was giving advice to me as I was starting a fresh new job sober.
By offering her information you are setting yourself up. There is a very very limited amount of information people need to know in general. Friends or not. My guess is that you haven't known this person for a long time otherwise she would have been aware of your problem. Sharing too much too fast can lead to disaster if we can't fully trust. That is why the only people I 'talk' to are in AA. People at work, and in general only know the basics...I'm separated, live in town now, have 4 kids, 2 dogs and work at a store. Whatever else they 'think' they know is heresay.
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