Posted by sjb on August 16, 2002, at 9:57:14
In reply to Hi all, posted by Greg A. on August 15, 2002, at 17:46:07
Hi,
Your post was very moving. Wish my dad was a caring as you are. It's funny. You worry about your kids not needing you, I always felt like a burden, esp. financially. My dad was itchin' to retire when I was in high school, although money was a problem. (Lack of it.) Never supported my college dreams, even though I was pretty smart. It was clear to me that college would have been a financial burden for them, yet he bought a boat and a dream house for himself when I was 15.
I digress. I started this post about the alcohol stuff. I've been there. You know who got me to stop? Old School. Some of his, no BS posts, scared the livin' crap out of me. I still have difficulty with binge eating and very low depression but I'm determined not to get back to the bottle. I saved one of his old posts: "Drinking booze is always a bad thing if you have a serious mood disorder. Booze is one of the strongest central nervous system depressant drugs know to man. It just brings you down down and down some more .. . .booze just makes me more depressed. It screws up my sleep and worsens insomnia. It me makes me feel like I want to cry." I miss him, damnit.
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