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Old 04-18-2014, 10:02 AM
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stella27
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Yurt,

I had small children and I didn't know enough about alcoholism to realize that it's progressive unless one is actively seeking recovery.

So I overlooked a lot of discomfort signs in myself. I rationalized them away, thinking I needed to have some good reason to leave.

Something big and obvious.

I finally got it, but by the time I did, I was in such a weakened condition from all the years of ignoring what my gut was telling me and living in denial.

If I had been honest with myself when it was nothing more than "I don't want this", I would have wasted about 15 fewer years of my own wild and precious life.

Your not wanting to stay is enough of a reason to go.
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