Today, I have to make a decision. I either drive my dad around during the day so he can drink, or I let him drink and drive so I can focus on studying for my exams. FML
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Today, like every day since my diagnosis, I've had to choose between two impossible options. Either I deal with debilitating headaches where I cannot focus, or I feel so drowsy that I cannot focus. My finals are in a week and I can't study. FML
Today, I had to pick up my dad because he was too drunk to drive home. Drive his wheelchair home, that is. FML
Today, my father yelled at me for changing one of his two programmable seat positions in his car because he uses both. Apparently, #1 is for sober driving and #2 is for high/drunk driving. Go dad. FML
Today, my dad wants a divorce. I can either stay with my wine-loving mom or move 300 km away with my dad. FML
Today, I was so bad at maintaining a conversation that the only way for the other guy to put up with me was to drink. He was the designated driver. He would rather risk drinking and driving than being sober around me. FML
Today, I had to leave my ACT prep class ten minutes in to pick up my drunken father from his best friend's baby shower. I picked him up along with a bill for the damage. FML
Today, I got fired. By my father. He wants me to drive him to work tomorrow. FML
Today, my dad decided to have a little father and daughter bonding time. Unfortunately, his idea of bonding involves him sitting around at home, getting piss drunk, and falling asleep. FML
Today, I decided to visit my dad. I haven't seen him in a while so I wanted to give him another chance to be an actual dad to me. Apparently, getting drunk and getting it on with his girlfriend while I was there was more important than spending time with his daughter, who he hasn't seen in almost a year. FML
Today, I volunteered to be my brother's designated driver. I told him throughout the night that I wasn't drinking, but he ended up leaving me at the bar and going to his friend's house in a cab for more drinks, taking my keys along with him. FML
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Top comments
ComoEsJuan 24
Buy some booze, stay at home and have a drunken study session with the old man!
AnnaDeWitt 27
Sounds like you need to consult somebody you trust, OP. This is serious.
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Comments (152)
oatmeal96 10
Eh he'll be fine! School is more important... Lol jk that would be bad. If I were u id go out and buy a case of beer and figure out a way to convince ur old man to stay home
Headcrab 29
Well if he keeps drinking the problem will sort itself out. Or send him to rehab forcefully. He'll thank you later.
jaqlove 22
I'm so sorry...
thes7274473 19
You need to get him into family therapy.
JRtheSnowman 5
Hide the keys he can take a cab
Mysterious_one 26
hiding the car keys while focusing on your exams?
trumpet8 6
Oktoberfest?
Auromo 14
why not both *Mexican music plays*
lvg_fml 10
You can't continue to enable him. You have to take care of yourself
Britt125 16
That's a horrible position to be in. I imagine trying to stand up to him wouldn't go well. I don't know I might be tempted to try it depending on the situation, if I just thought he'd yell at me I'd probably take the keys and/or tell him I'd call the cops if he drove (and I would, don't care who it is, I will report anybody for drinking and driving). You shouldn't have to give up studying and risk bad grades so he can drink. That's so wrong, he should be able to be a responsible adult and find safe transportation, stay at home and drink, or just not drink. If I really had to make the choice though, I'd choose to drive my dad around, if he was the kind of person where I had to make that choice I would likely have little to no respect for him and he'd deserve whatever happened but I don't think I'd really want him to die, and it's definitely not fair for anybody else to be hurt or killed if he causes an accident... I'd feel horrible if something happened because I didn't do anything to stop him or didn't just give in and drive him. I'm really sorry you have to be in that position though, and whatever happened, good luck on your exams (wishing you extra luck if you lost study time).