Long Distance Piecing

[DebinDenver]

So he mentioned it again in another email. He wants me to come see him. Of course I will - why - because I know he needs help. He is majorly screwed up in the head.

So, is this really piecing if I am doing it because I feel obligated to help him?? I think so. This reminds me of last year when my brother was in the hospital with Crohn's. He was high maintanence for the nurses, and no one was there for him (he's a bachelor). I was bracing myself for the experience as I drove towards the hospital. You do what you can for your relatives. It was only 3.5 weeks out of my life and it meant the world to him.

So, this "piecing" with my H, I kind of see the same way. I know he is really sick. We are talking bipolar, drinking problem (I can't write the A word, it bothers me that much!!) My dad was an alcoholic and I had years of work with Alanon long before I met my H and I still married an alcohlic -- ahhhhhh!!

I have called my counselor now that I'm settled in a new town.

Deb