Okay, I am having a bad day and it keeps piling up so I am coming to the blog so I can speak my mind, have it out, kick it in its ass and NOT drink. This day started out promising, I got up, went for a jog, went to an AA meeting and wham, the day started off wrong. I picked a sponsor in AA because she was educated, new to the area like me, and living a sober life like I wanted. The problem is she is passive aggressive, and says all of the right things until she does the exact opposite. I have had a ton of shit piling on me lately, a big huge ton of shit. I need to be sober so I can deal with it all, since I am the one everyone comes to in my family to straighten things out. I am not good at asking for help because I've always been of the mindset that people really don't care about my problems, I should handle them myself. I realized that I can't handle everything myself. I can't. I need support. My husband is very supportive and I am grateful for him every day. But he doesn't get the whole drinking thing, doesn't get why he can take it or leave it when I can't, he doesn't get why I can't just let things with my family go, he just doesn't get how I can go from being happy one minute, to sad the next.
I think that I need to read some sobriety blogs because I just feel so darn sad. I'm not going to drink, I am determined. Thanks for letting me share. Whats weird is I don't even feel like drinking right now.
Get rid of the sponsor. Passive aggressive is bad. Very bad.
ReplyDeleteYou do need help, but the right help. It will happen.
How about a therapist? Even for a few visits? It sounds like you need to figure out how to put yourself first. Because you deserve to be happy and free.
Big hug.
Anne
How is it going?
ReplyDeleteI am starting day one again, and you are so right about having a hard time putting myself first. I have never done that. I need to take care of what I value, and I value sober me.
ReplyDeleteI truly believe that once I started valuing sober me is when my mind changed from deprivation and missing wine to acceptance and freedom.
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