emily33

I need to remember sometimes, just how sick my H is, along with his illness come the symptoms.

agitation

nerveousness

no patience

always on edge

explosive

craving's

anger

emotional

moody

self righteous

selfish

inconsiderate

self seeking

not reliable

lonliness

isolation from family

alcohol is his friend, his medication, his escape, his socialization, his fun, his pressure relief, his breath of fresh air, his courage, his laughter, his guts.

There is no way of winning, Beer wins hands down. It like fighting a loosing battle, It is time to put my energy in something I have a fighting chance for. (ME)

walkingtheline

WOW! You certainly have boiled it down to a great affirmation!

Have you formulated your plan?

meli2005

You probably experience some of those same symptoms yourself. Yes, it is time to work on yourself, YOU DESERVE IT!!

bahookie

Wow! My partner might not have the alcohol in her equation but this is almost exactly a description of her symptoms.

It is time to put my energy in something I have a fighting chance for. (ME)

You're a clever woman. Thanks for this early morning slice of wisdom.

Jane
xxx

ASpouse

It's unfortunately really, because if he was working a program, AA or whatever, he would learn how to deal with all of these things.

I feel bad you feel you have to live with this .... it's horrible day in and day out. You are taking a mental pounding all the time and even the strongest person I know (me) would have a difficult time with that.

cloudy

Yes ma'am, you got that right. Powerlessness, on both sides...and your second part of that sounds like you choose to do something about it. Everyone has the same choice to do something about it. In a perfect world both would climb out but sometimes you gotta go ahead and just climb out and pray the other person will and thank God you're climbing out and pray for the strength to keep on climbing.

love Cloudy