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09-12-2017, 06:52 PM

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bona fido dog-lover

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: SF Bay area, CA

Posts: 99,784

I was an alky and knew of the pain I was causing my kids, but I handled it by not handling it. I drank more to block it out.

I wasn't trying to make them unhappy, but I was so unhappy I couldn't do unto others what I couldn't do for myself.