Don’t get mad at me. I’m just the messenger. | Chatty Annie

I need to know… Does this make you as mad as it makes me? I can’t tell you how often I had to shove away my very serious medical needs because of my husband. Howwww does a person going blind get buried underneath her husband’s inability to get his shit together? This is alcoholism… and we need to talk about it. | Annie Parker

As soon as he left, all of the chaos went with him. I’m mad at myself for how long I let him stay, for how long I let it continue to infiltrate our home. While I was in the moment, though, I couldn’t see it. One day, it hit me like a brick wall… “I can’t do this anymore.” I made him leave. And *poof just like magic our mornings became quiet, calm, and healthy. This is what alanon means when they tell us we are part of the problem. Sure, I was a mess. I simply had to recognize it and change it to