Families & Friends Of Addicts Support Group
Addiction affects more than just the individual. This community is dedicated to the families and friends of individuals suffering from any form of addiction. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems. Family members react to the addicted person with particular behavioral...
I cook dinner most nights and pick up the dishes. Every weekend I do 5 loads of laundry, pay the bills, do the grocery shopping, and clean the house. He watches TV, smokes weed in his room, and makes a mess of the kitchen. Maybe he'll help carry in groceries. When I get ticked off at him, he whines that his job his harder than mine, so he needs his weekends off to recover. Then he has the nerve to criticize me for not having any fun with my life, as if the fact that I'm working every waking minute might not have something to do with it!
Oh, and if I dare enter his room to pick up towels to do laundry, or to check for rotting food, I get screamed at to get out of his room. In my own house!
Pamper yourself. You have the right to feel bitchy. You deserve it. I hope you feel better soon.