[ggtina]

Seriously!

I am in the middle of getting a divorce. My husband is a complete ***. I am staying in the same house as him. He likes to shove it in my face that I am an alcoholic and drug addict. I am trying to quit. I am attending AA, After care and just finished rehab last month. I know I am only a few days sober due to a recent relapse. I just wish he understood it was a damn disease.

[ggtina]

oh did i mention he keeps trying to get me to go over to our neighbors house were everyone is drinking. I have allready went to 2 AA meetings today.

[beauflow]

GGTina- Hugs- just keep reminding yourself you are doing this for you- it is hard to have such issues thrown back in your face; but don't let it get you down. It shows his character to do such a thing; even if people are not "friends" any more, they should not be so cruel.

hugs to you

[RaggedyAnn67]

I think you need to get support around you. Focus on getting a sponsor or someone with some time behind them that you can call whenever you need to. Do you have plans on moving and getting out of the situation you are in? Support can be crucial to recovery. Plans help you focus on how to get there. Try to keep focused...there is life without addictions.

I think people who intentionally try to sabotage those of us who are trying to get healthy are much more sicker than we are ...

Just sayin' ...

[madisgram]

gg just keep doin' it a day at a time, one hour at a time, one minute at a time. AA sure worked for me.
as for your hubby imho from my own experience-now my ex-he/they don't want us to get well. if we get well, then they have no one to blame their own shortcomings on and they certainly want to avoid seeing themselves!
plus if we get well we won't be weakened more-self esteem-where we remain to be their human doormat!
i'm so glad you're focusing on your recovery. you will never ever regret sobriety.

from the big book of AA, pgs. 83-84, "The Promises"
“If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us — sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.”

if you stay sober gigi tho it may be hard to believe these Promises now, they will come true! beyond anything you can imagine. i Promise you that-i'm 22 yrs. sober, happy, joyous and free!