I really don't have that much in the way of family. My Mom died when I was 13, my Dad died when I was 22. I have 5 brothers but I'm estranged from all but 2 of them. One I talk to on the phone a few times a year - he lives a 5 hr drive away. The other, is a lot older than me, and we're a bit closer, but he doesn't get me at all. Doesn't understand my struggles with MI and Addiction. He tries to be supportive and is in his own way, but it's awkward. I have one cousin I reconnected with a couple of years ago. We're so similar it's scary, she and I get along really well although we don't see each other very often.

My family now is my friends and people I've met through AA.

I'm deeply incredibly lonely sometimes, and wish I had more / closer family - but I have to accept that it is what it is.

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