Originally Posted by
BrendaChenowyth 
...People respect honesty. What they don't respect is someone who flips, meaning you put up with them and act nice to them, until you can't take it any more and you snap at them. You will always be the bad guy if that's the case. You have to set clear boundaries at the beginning.
I can see what you mean, BC. But we all have corrections to make, once sober. We can't go back to the beginning with everyone. So drawing a new line in the sand is GOOD.