Questions: Relationships

(Your name),

These past few weeks have been "tearable" (inside joke) but also a huge wake-up call. I’ve done a lot of thinking, and you were right — I needed to get my life together.

I know my choices, especially with drinking, have hurt us. I’m proud to say that today marks one full month sober. I haven’t touched alcohol since that awful night and I never want to again. This time apart has made me realize you mean so much more to me than any bad habit. To make sure I stay on track, I started taking Naltrexone and I begin counseling on November 3rd. This isn’t another empty promise, it's a real change.

In the past month, I’ve passed my real estate exam, picked up extra shifts to pay off my debt, and even started going to the gym again (though I miss my gym partner). I’m doing these things for myself and because I want to be the kind of woman you once believed I could be.

You’ll always be someone I imagined building a life with. No matter what happens, please know how much I love you and how grateful I am that you have been a huge part of pushing me to become my best self.

Whatever happens next, thank you — truly — for everything.

With love,
Emma

I honestly try not to scream back. She screams at literal full volume about her everything all day calls me stupid crazy sick a loser etc. tells me to kill myself? she corners me and scream in my face. She does this on my lunch break too. So now I take lunch across the street with my significant other. Who she is afraid of.

They aren't a boss. She does it to her adult kids and wonder why they go low contact. I am ready to quit because I feel bullied. But would miss my customers. I honestly have a bad temper I could make her cry if I want to but I have great self control and try not let it out. I love my job but this is bs.