Today, my ex sent me a pack of beer to screw with me. I'm still going to AA, and I thought I was almost over it. Five bottles later, I realized I'm not. We didn't break up over my drinking, either; it was because after just 2 weeks of dating, she threatened to kill herself if I didn't marry her. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I caught my boyfriend trying to dispose of several empty alcohol bottles, leading to a discussion how dating me and putting up with my insanity has given him a drinking problem just so he can get through the day. Me catching him seemed to be the wake up call he needed, because he dumped me. FML
Today, I broke up with my long-term boyfriend, because his alcohol problem is so bad that he drank his way through an old bottle of Tequila, which belonged to my mum, and that I'd kept after she committed suicide. FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me because of my drunken antics. My reaction? Pour myself a stiff drink. FML
Today, my fiancé refused to talk to me because I'm "an alcoholic". I only started drinking like this after we moved in together and he brought me alcohol every day, because he's an alcoholic. FML
Today, I called off my engagement with my now ex-girlfriend. Yesterday, while drunk at a get-together with all our friends, she admitted she's still in love with her best friend, and only went out with me to forget about him, but is still pining for him anyway. She doesn't understand why that factoid might upset me. FML
Today, my ex-boyfriend from two years ago called and asked to come over. Still being in love with him, I agreed to see him but decided I wasn't drunk enough to handle the stress. After a while of drinking, he said that he really missed me and wanted to be with me. My reply consisted of throwing up. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend that I was going to stop drinking, since I have been having some problems with alcohol and some of my relatives are alcoholics. He later broke up with me, saying he couldn't be with someone who "chose to be boring." FML
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me because I've been "spending too much time at the bar." I've been sober for 2 years. FML
Today, I met the guy my ex left me for. He's morbidly obese, has no personality, and got her drinking again, even though she has a problem. She says, "I've never been happier." Now everything I've done for my anxiety and depression has come undone, and I can't be convinced there isn't something horribly wrong with me. FML
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me via text, right after I finished cleaning his apartment and dropping off a bunch of booze I bought for a big party we were having. It turns out that big party was his "newly single" party. FML
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tj4234 36
wow, your ex is a psycho... stay strong OP. You can do it!
Mynamewontfi 40
Well, it's a good thing that you're not in that relationship anymore. She sounds more toxic than alcoholism.
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Comments (126)
GuyNoOneKnows 13
hang in there op, one little set back doesnt mean it's all over.
That_Ginger 18
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It's your fault for not being able to control yourself. You could have used the situation to further strengthen yourself by throwing them away, but instead you chose to drink them.
TheOnlyKittyKat 15
You can't blame someone for having a disease.
weveallbeenthere 30
yeah, I'm sure you always make the best choices (#14)
shutupshane12 12
After all he is that ginger
noreallywhat 17
What the **** is wrong with you?
GalaxyShots 21
Alcoholism isn't a disease, but an addiction.
junkman6 22
Lol someone with no idea what alcoholism is talking shit to an alcoholic. Ya know for an alcy to go sober takes more personal effort than you have probably given to anything in your ******* life. Relapse happens so get off your high horse twatwaffle.
That_Ginger 18
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The OP drank it. It wasn't forced upon him. Maybe if people stopped babying alcoholics like they have no say in their own decisions, they could take responsibility and stop. This is why I'm studying to become an animal doctor and not a human one; I won't have to put up with all the bs of why they're in certain situations.
TabooSushi 24
Oh, sweetheart... If you think becoming a vet will save you from the "BS of why they're in certain situations," then you have no idea what's coming to you. Just wait until you get your first euthanization, not because the pet is sick or injured beyond help, but simply because the owners decided they didn't want it anymore and refuse to surrender it to a shelter instead. Wait until you get a pet who is so sick or injured that you can't help them, all because the owner was too lazy or couldn't be bothered to bring them in before it was too late. Or, and this is possibly one of the worst ones, you get a pet who you CAN help, but the owners can't afford the treatment, so you are then forced to watch them walk away with a pet who is now very likely going to die because it couldn't get the care it needed. Unless you are the most heartless bastard on Earth, and I doubt you are since you clearly care about animals enough to devote yourself to their care, each and every one of those situations will stab at your heart deeply. Day in and day out, those of us who devote our lives to the care and aid of our animal friends face just as many "BS situations" as those who care for their fellow humans. Sometimes, we even face more. Think twice before you judge.
Jadea_fml 12
Alcoholism is an addiction and addiction is a disease. The dependance of a mind-altering substance is a mental health issue.
Jadea_fml 12
OP at the end of the day, yes, you did relapse, but things will get better. Make a call to your sponsor or a sober friend and ask for a bit of help. Baby steps OP. Stay strong
skittyskatbrat 19
Let me guess. You tell depressed people they just need to cheer up, don't you?
Cemetery87 10
#84 ^^^ this.
allplayedout 20
Translation: "I have no basic understanding of how addiction works"
MeanBeagle 22
im studying to be a vet too, and I'd like to point out that animals can be alcoholics.
stargirl_95 24
What a bitch. You're much better off without her. And I have to say I'm glad that you didn't let her intimidate you with that suicide threat. That's a form of emotional abuse and way too many people stay in relationships with people like that because they're afraid they'll go through with their promise.
skittyskatbrat 19
#16, and after awhile, they'll sometimes break up in the hope that the abuser carries out that threat!!!! A vain hope, but still.
Enslaved 38
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For reasons beyond my control, I can't help but wonder if the OP drank the sent beer hot or chilled it in the fridge for 20 minutes beforehand?
julianbozikovic 20
Hot beer is the worst! D:
Enslaved 38
It's just if he chilled them first then drinking them was planned and he had time to call his AA sponsor for support. If he drank them hot right away then his drinking problem is worst than he might have thought.
Sakuraashita 15
You're forgetting it's November, I don't know where OP lives, but where I live it could sit out all day and still be cold.
muis545 21
*clicks on profile* damn.. it's cold on earth all over? don't feel it
Enslaved 38
#30 You're right. That didn't occur to me. I'm in Miami and it's 82 degrees here.
EbyKat 16
You can start your recovery again. Relapse IS a part of recovery and it doesn't mean you can't get back to the good place you were in before. From my perspective though I don't know that there is such a thing as an alcoholic being "over it". After a year and a half of sobriety my ex thought he could handle a few beers now and then and it just devolved into a hot mess that ended up with me leaving for my own sanity and him continuing to drink his life into a bigger and bigger mess. Don't let her win.
skittyskatbrat 19
It's like cigarettes, you've got to walk away forever. There is no "just an occasional puff" ever again. And when relapses happen, you have to be tough enough to go through quitting all over again. Just remember that you did it once, you can do it again!!!! And keep doing it, one day at a time :)
qjdb 8
I think he meant over the break-up , not alcohol.
Jewey_McJewerson 8
Wow. What bitch.
sneakattacked 21
At least she was psycho right away and it didn't sneak up on you after years together? Stay strong op
YFOS_fml 17
WOW op you need a meeting. it's alright to have a bust as long as you keep going back. don't think of it as you failed think of it that you been however many days sober with only one bust. don't forget to use the phone list! be strong good luck
Galamond 10
Oh my god...this is so bad I can't laugh. I'm sorry, OP.
SexPot143 13
What a bitch. FYL.