Today, I got a ton of angry and disappointed messages. My boyfriend posted a picture of us out at a restaurant, and I was holding a brown bottle. I’m a recovering alcoholic, and I was drinking a fancy root beer. No one believes me. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boyfriend broke up with me because of my drunken antics. My reaction? Pour myself a stiff drink. FML
Today, my boyfriend tried to confront me about my “drinking problem”. He claims that the last time he was at my place, I had a full bottle of rum and now it’s gone. He hasn’t spent the night at my house in over two months and it was a half bottle of Malibu. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me grief about my drinking. This would be fine, if he were sober. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I went to taste some wine with some friends. I drank a little too much and referred to him as my brother to a random guy. Let’s just say I put a strain on my relationship. FML
Today, I was cleaning out some cabinets and stumbled upon a bottle of vodka. Being a recovering alcoholic, I immediately flushed it down the toilet. When my boyfriend got home, instead of being proud of my victory, he bitched me out for wasting the good shit. That’s for the support babe. FML
Today, I told my boyfriend that I was going to start controlling my drinking and he told me pretty much that he didn’t think I could do it. 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, 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 threw a birthday party for my boyfriend. As a joke, my friend and I served him non-alcoholic beer to see how he'd react. After a while, he faked being drunk, using it as an excuse after I caught him making out with one of my so-called "friends". FML
Today, I caught my boyfriend messaging flirty texts with one of the nurses who cared for him while he was in inpatient rehabilitation at the VA Medical Center for alcohol abuse. Not to mention he is back drinking daily. I suck at relationships. FML
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cuz803 46
Tough luck. I'm sorry people disrespected you like that. Maybe, in a misguided way, that's there way of tryna care thus the "disappointment", however it's wrong they don't trust you. Please don't let it taint your motivation from recovering. Ignore it, stay strong and move on.
cacheson 42
If your boyfriend was there with you in the picture why do they think you would lie? And shouldn’t he be vouching for you?
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cuz803 46
Tough luck. I'm sorry people disrespected you like that. Maybe, in a misguided way, that's there way of tryna care thus the "disappointment", however it's wrong they don't trust you. Please don't let it taint your motivation from recovering. Ignore it, stay strong and move on.
cacheson 42
If your boyfriend was there with you in the picture why do they think you would lie? And shouldn’t he be vouching for you?
LunaEevee13 25
Hate that this is happening to you. Your bf should definitely vouch for you. Maybe you could appease them by finding a picture of said brand of root beer to show them, or maybe a bottle and recreate the way you were holding it in a picture and show them the bottle. Idk, I'm grasping at straws to find a way to get them off your back. Good luck. And congratulations on staying sober 💜