My good friend is drinking again. She told me that she doesn’t see why her
family can drink all day and no one judges them. But yet they don’t trust her. She falls down. She causes accidents. She disappears and comes back with icky strangers.
She gets fired. She embarrasses everyone. She says hurtful things. She spends
all her money as soon as she gets it but she doesn’t know where.
But she still
has a right to drink. She says that if
she drinks, no one wants to be around her.
It’s not fair. The rest of them drink. She doesn’t understand. She says
she is not an alcoholic now. She can still have a drink. But it always turns
into a week-long drunk.
Where will you live this time Gina?
I get it. I did most
of those things too. I kept believing
that I could drink one more time… just one drink…over and over again. Blackouts
don’t lie. People don’t lie about this. Why would they? They want us to stop
hurting ourselves and everyone else.
The blood alcohol level is well into the 3’s now. How
long? What will it take? God, give her
consequences that will hurt but still keep her safe. There are worse things than
dying.
Please come back Gina. Please don’t go to prison again.
Please don’t die. Please give up.
You are loved.
