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In Laws Enable AH
Well- My Ah did not work all week. He says his back hurts. This is after being out over 2 months with hip replacement. He has excuse for it all! I am slaving working hard and still being cursed at, mouth spitting at and yelled at, told I am horrible yada yada yada-- Oh yea Nag of the Year! I forgot to add that. I came home last night to hear how our chiropractor/neighbor's office manager missed his call and did not return his call. A normal person would call back but Ah cussed me about it- said he will just suffer and the office sucks yada yada yada. I called them - they apologize- say tell him to come now- he refuses and says forget it. NiCE! I went to his folks nearby to talk to his Mom and to tell her he is out of his mind- he is throwing things, cussing, I found a lighter in his pocket so I know he is smoking- I have 2 feet out the door- she needs to talk to him and calm him down as my teen age sons were freaked out and i have had enough.
She comes down- she is terribly sweet- but does not want to mention the drugs or alcohol near Thanksgiving..but talks to him in our room - he goes to bed by 7 when he isn't wasted. By the time he is done with her she comes out and on the way home tells me ...........I am mean to him...you have to give a man credit for the smallest things even if you know it is not deserved.....he told her I missed 1 credit card payment and because of that Discover has jacked my rate to 18.99%. She scolds me for that. Mind you - he has not worked and not been paid a bill since September 1. I have paid the house, the cars, the boat, the college bills- all utilities , medicals, insurance IT ALL! She defended him. No wonder he is an idiot and can't do for himself. I told her I am done paying his way- he can move in with her if he wants and she can deal with him. I am done. She of course does not want that ---- He could not pay 1/5 of the bills here alone. He has said he won't leave and wants me to leave with 2 kids and 2 dogs. I read that post about when the pain stops and I am thinking it is stopping for me because I can barely deal with my terminally ill parents and my business and my bills as it is. I told him I will not spend Thanksgiving with him - He only brings me down and I am sick of his drunken pot smoking ways. He lost his first family - he has pretty much lost us...he doesn't care...Oh well!:a043:
She comes down- she is terribly sweet- but does not want to mention the drugs or alcohol near Thanksgiving..but talks to him in our room - he goes to bed by 7 when he isn't wasted. By the time he is done with her she comes out and on the way home tells me ...........I am mean to him...you have to give a man credit for the smallest things even if you know it is not deserved.....he told her I missed 1 credit card payment and because of that Discover has jacked my rate to 18.99%. She scolds me for that. Mind you - he has not worked and not been paid a bill since September 1. I have paid the house, the cars, the boat, the college bills- all utilities , medicals, insurance IT ALL! She defended him. No wonder he is an idiot and can't do for himself. I told her I am done paying his way- he can move in with her if he wants and she can deal with him. I am done. She of course does not want that ---- He could not pay 1/5 of the bills here alone. He has said he won't leave and wants me to leave with 2 kids and 2 dogs. I read that post about when the pain stops and I am thinking it is stopping for me because I can barely deal with my terminally ill parents and my business and my bills as it is. I told him I will not spend Thanksgiving with him - He only brings me down and I am sick of his drunken pot smoking ways. He lost his first family - he has pretty much lost us...he doesn't care...Oh well!:a043:
a little bit about me…
alright, so when i posted my first thread yesterday, i really didn't say much about myself. so, here goes...
i have been struggling with an addiction to opiates, i.e. lortabs or other opiate based pain killers, for about a year. i first started taking them to help with my scoliosis, because i work as a cocktail waitress, which entails walking eight to ten miles a day with a ten to twenty pound tray. i began seeing a chiropractor, which helped with the back pain, but i continued to take the lortabs because they ensured i would be pain free at work, and they also gave me energy and made me feel great. but after a few months of taking them every day, i stopped having that happy feeling, and was just plain cranky and irritable. then i started crushing them up and snorting them. gross, i know. stupid, i know.
one day, i didn't have any lortabs, but i didn't think much of it. i felt like i was coming down with a cold, and ended up having to leave work for the night. i got more lortabs, and felt fine. then i ran out again and was sick for two days...sweating, yawning, chills, runny nose and watery eyes. then i realized what was happening: i was going through withdrawals. every time i ran out of pills, i would have to call in sick to work. i tried quitting cold turkey, but just couldn't handle being sick. so i kept taking them, thinking "this time, instead of taking one, i'll only take half. i'll taper myself off". it never happened. eventually, it went from taking one during an eight hour shift, to taking 3 to 4 10mg lortabs in a shift. i was taking 5-8 a day.
then, my electricity got cut off. i had no money to pay my bills. i was working every day to cover the cost of my addiction, and i felt completely worthless. i didn't want to go to rehab because i didn't want my boyfriend to know how serious the problem had become. but i was running out of options.
finally, he and i got into a huge fight, and he threw my addiction in my face. it was like the elephant in the room that no one talks about. i felt like going home and overdosing, because he made me feel like a complete junkie loser. i started researching treatment options.
so, here i am today, on day two of my suboxone program, and i couldn't be happier. i feel like i've opened the door to a whole new life.
thanks for reading, and thanks for the support! :Dance7:
i have been struggling with an addiction to opiates, i.e. lortabs or other opiate based pain killers, for about a year. i first started taking them to help with my scoliosis, because i work as a cocktail waitress, which entails walking eight to ten miles a day with a ten to twenty pound tray. i began seeing a chiropractor, which helped with the back pain, but i continued to take the lortabs because they ensured i would be pain free at work, and they also gave me energy and made me feel great. but after a few months of taking them every day, i stopped having that happy feeling, and was just plain cranky and irritable. then i started crushing them up and snorting them. gross, i know. stupid, i know.
one day, i didn't have any lortabs, but i didn't think much of it. i felt like i was coming down with a cold, and ended up having to leave work for the night. i got more lortabs, and felt fine. then i ran out again and was sick for two days...sweating, yawning, chills, runny nose and watery eyes. then i realized what was happening: i was going through withdrawals. every time i ran out of pills, i would have to call in sick to work. i tried quitting cold turkey, but just couldn't handle being sick. so i kept taking them, thinking "this time, instead of taking one, i'll only take half. i'll taper myself off". it never happened. eventually, it went from taking one during an eight hour shift, to taking 3 to 4 10mg lortabs in a shift. i was taking 5-8 a day.
then, my electricity got cut off. i had no money to pay my bills. i was working every day to cover the cost of my addiction, and i felt completely worthless. i didn't want to go to rehab because i didn't want my boyfriend to know how serious the problem had become. but i was running out of options.
finally, he and i got into a huge fight, and he threw my addiction in my face. it was like the elephant in the room that no one talks about. i felt like going home and overdosing, because he made me feel like a complete junkie loser. i started researching treatment options.
so, here i am today, on day two of my suboxone program, and i couldn't be happier. i feel like i've opened the door to a whole new life.
thanks for reading, and thanks for the support! :Dance7:
new here - don’t know the ROOT of my disordered eating
Hi - I came on this site for a different reason, but once seeing this section, I had a question of my own I have never been able to answer myself regarding my ED.
I have issues with food - I overeat, I binge, starve, overexercise, purge in different ways...sometimes I'm fine for weeks or months...but the point is I have issues. I am not under or overweight I look 'normal'. I have always loved food, I used to sneak chocolates when I was 6 years old and enjoy so much foods from my native country where I grew up!
Everyone says there's a reason for this issue just as other addictions - something I am trying to ignore, or a hole I'm trying to fill - there was damage or trauma somewhere along my path to where I am. BUT I HAD AND HAVE A GREAT LIFE! It's not perfect (I did come on here for something that has recently happened that has me under a great deal of stress), but I have a great family (dysfunctional like any other, but loving and caring!) I have never been abused or neglected in any relationships.
Any stresses in my life are internal - I am innately an anxious person who worries a lot and is insecure (since I was a toddler). I'm an underachiever. I'm a bit lost in the world and haven't found my footing or purpose. But I know my self worth and I respect myself. Despite my feeling 'not good enough', I know that I'm ok in this world.
SO WHY do I have these issues? There is nothing that sticks out to me that I'm trying to sedate, or hide from or 'fill' with food. It reminds me of my chiropractor insisting that I was in some kind of accident because my back so screwed up and me insisting that if I had been I would have known about it!
Any insight, maybe a different way of looking at this would be so helpful!
Thank you!
Liv
I have issues with food - I overeat, I binge, starve, overexercise, purge in different ways...sometimes I'm fine for weeks or months...but the point is I have issues. I am not under or overweight I look 'normal'. I have always loved food, I used to sneak chocolates when I was 6 years old and enjoy so much foods from my native country where I grew up!
Everyone says there's a reason for this issue just as other addictions - something I am trying to ignore, or a hole I'm trying to fill - there was damage or trauma somewhere along my path to where I am. BUT I HAD AND HAVE A GREAT LIFE! It's not perfect (I did come on here for something that has recently happened that has me under a great deal of stress), but I have a great family (dysfunctional like any other, but loving and caring!) I have never been abused or neglected in any relationships.
Any stresses in my life are internal - I am innately an anxious person who worries a lot and is insecure (since I was a toddler). I'm an underachiever. I'm a bit lost in the world and haven't found my footing or purpose. But I know my self worth and I respect myself. Despite my feeling 'not good enough', I know that I'm ok in this world.
SO WHY do I have these issues? There is nothing that sticks out to me that I'm trying to sedate, or hide from or 'fill' with food. It reminds me of my chiropractor insisting that I was in some kind of accident because my back so screwed up and me insisting that if I had been I would have known about it!
Any insight, maybe a different way of looking at this would be so helpful!
Thank you!
Liv
