You seem to be a suitable enough disaster for me to befriend. Do you have an unreliable car and a credit card with an available balance of $17.00?
-Let's drive.
One of the best things I did for myself over the past year was set boundaries and not put up with toxic behavior of people who refused to own their shit.
I no longer have the anxiety of walking on eggshells around anyone
At 15 I had my first job at McDs. 32 years later, 2 months sober after a life of addiction, I got a job again at McDs, flipping burgers and dropping fries like I did as a teenager.
If you can work, do whatever it takes. Never let anyone shame you for taking care of your own.
Husband, sweetly, “Can I get you a drink?”
Me, just because I live in Alabama and we’ve had a hell of a week, “I can get my own damn drink and I don’t need your permission either.”
Husband, dangerously close to death, “Yet.”