One Week Into "BlissVille USA" ...
 

... and on the third day -
she got the flu.

Not the oh, cough cough I might be sick flu...

the OMG it's nothing short of CHOLERA ... or EBOLA .... flu.

Have been texting constantly with son #2.
(Hah-PAH-na for those Sioux-ishly inclined)
Son # 1 - not so much.

There's areas we're staying well clear of for the present.
Things are mostly 'catch - up' but I hven't SPOKEN with either son yet.

With PTSD, And the other nervous disorders,
I have had to make my world a very small place
in order to function.
I'll know when it's time to hear the voice.

I write far better than I speak.
When I get nervous, and try to sperak,
words tumble over each other
and people often don't understand what i'm saying.
I jump from topic to topic and it's
just a headache waiting to happen.

Actually -
when I talk -
people in the group sometimes say
that listening to me
must be what it was like
to listen to Dr. Bob.

for what THAT'S worth - LOL

So maybe that's a part of alcoholism I don't know?

ANYHOO _

Just wanted to update everyone
and thank everyone for such warm responses to my thread.

I knew it'd be a harder road with my oldest-
he is like I am now.
my youngest...
well, if I have a soul mate... it's him.

I used to call them -
"One is my little shadow,
the other is my little MIRROR'.

I have all the rest of my life to wait.

Thank you all!:You_Rock_

I've mentioned from time to time
the dysfunction
(a masterpiece of understatement, that)
in my family.
It took a couple of days to get it across to #2 son
that I have contacted ONLY him.
ONLY his brother.

That's all I can or will handle right now.

They didn't steal an inheritance from him.
They didn't steal a house from him.
They didn't lie connive and undermine their successes for their own gain.

I'm not ready for that and may never be.

only him.
Only his brother.

I'm able to do that now.

using what I've learned here, and in AA.

it's called a 'boundary'.

And I don't feel the least bit bad about it.

There's no shame in stating clearly what I can cope with
and what I cannot.

:c011:

Hey Barb :)

My alkie parents never sobered up, and I never got a call from them wanting to patch things up and start over. So listening to you share about how you are reaching out to your kids seriously warms my heart.

thank you for that.

oh yes, and I'll be praying that the flu goes away quickly :)

Mike :)

the woman I caught it from came in just now.

she's a nurse = and described all the way down to the earache the EXACT thing I've had.

so that's where I got it.

she was in last sunday night.

I think I'm going to be looking for a new job?
they';ve cut my days back to three - i can't live on that.

oh well
one thing at a time.
man ain't NUFFIN gonna pop this bliss bubble! :lmao