Wow Pud, you had your own tough childhood stuff to cope with and somehow you have ended up being the one in the couple not to go all the way off the deep end MLC style. I think that in itself speaks to the depth and the strength of your character.
There was alcohol abuse in my family too. I realize my father was one of those men who only let himself feel happiness and anger, everything else was drowned in a bottle, and the bottle made the anger all the angrier. So I picked a man who didn't drink, but had all the same underlying predisposition towards stuffing down all but a few emotions and had latent addictive traits too just waiting to find a high to latch on to. Knowing his own parental history he avoided all the things you'd expect to make an addict. He settled for exercise, health food kicks, vitamins and books, computer games, and THEN he found a woman who was interested in him and looking for her own addiction. Is it any wonder all those other things didn't hit the spot quite the same?
me-35 WAS-37 T-16 1/2 Son-14 (HF Aspergers) BD,ILYBINILWY,"I met my soulmate": Oct5,2013 "Letting go because I love him, holding on because I love him."
