Posted by deirdrehbrt on December 23, 2004, at 15:59:20
I think I may have gotten myself into a semi-bad situation. Here's what's going on.
I moved in here in June. I thought she was working her own business, and she had just gotten divorced. As time passed, she started drinking, and then started smoking pot. Over the past couple of months, people have even come here to buy pot.
There is this guy, who doesn't like (hates) her kids, and he stays here sometimes for weeks or a month at a time. He also drinks and gets drunk. He's gotten into shouting / name-calling with my roommates kids.
Sometimes, when there is alot of alcohol in the house, I'll drink some. I usually don't get drunk, but I know I shouldn't with my meds. I just think that if I drink some of it that there will be less around for my roommate to get drunk.
Today, she worked at a friends's business... that's two days in a row, and she feels so happy, and looks so happy to have actually worked and earned some money. I feel happy for her too. I'm hoping that things will change and get better. Then she pours each of us a drink. She asked first, if I wanted a small one, and part of me wanted to say yes and the other part wanted to say no. We said yes. We don't know really why. There is a part of us who likes to drink though. We've been doing such a good job at saying no and now we say yes. I wish we didn't have any alcohol in the house.
Our case manager says that we'll be looking for a new roommate in January. I almost feel like I'll be abandoning my current roommate. We're kind of confused right now. We want our roommate to be happy, and she is happy having us with her but it's so hard with the drink and the man who stays here sometimes, and the pot. I've been offered pot, but I've been able to avoid that. I'm just confused and don't know whether to leave or stay. Someone gets hurt either way.Dee. confused.
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