1509-1504

Wild week--and more on the way! Daughter has agreed to get some help with her binge drinking problem--mainly she's agreed that she has a problem and needs to get it handled. She's looking into doing a program that deals with addiction--either in a residential program or an outpatient setting. Maybe both--like a week long residential that morphs into an outpatient routine.
In any case, she's moving in the right direction--and is getting help with what she couldn't possibly be doing on her own. Her partner is not doing well with everything--he seems to be less supportive than one might suspect given the seriousness of the situation. He seems to be taking everything quite personally--and is being accusatory and judgmental. Hopefully, as she starts to clean up--he will let go of his reservations and work to help her rather than trying to shift blame.

Waking up Saturday morning--and finding the bottle she had hidden was the worst morning of my life. I felt completely helpless--and felt like the world was caving in and there was nothing I could do to keep it from blowing up.

Thank goodness there are resources and people like her boss--that can help her turn all of this craziness around. I'm feeling very hopeful right now--way beyond the funk I was in after dealing with this issue over the past week. There is sunshine--and it is clearing up the darkness.