I seem to spend more time on daily strength than here but here goes. After seriously destroying my life, relationships with family, and no longer having most of the trust of my friends I wonder where do I go from here? I’ve quit drinking after that night, I do feel much better and my anger limit has stayed closer to normal. If my limit has went up I haven’t noticed it. I’ve even gotten rid of my aggressive music and lost interest in seeing violence in movies.
As for her I’m under a court order not to contact her but I know she’s ok or as well as can be expected. I don’t think I will be able to climb out of the hole I’m in (Depression) until I am out of this small town with nothing to offer me. Until then I hang on and don’t drink and keep busy. We are in the middle of Winter here and we’ve gotten allot of snow. Worse thing is there is no jobs and I’m stuck in limbo waiting and dreading court dates.
I find that people are afraid to admit what their anger has done to other people and because I am under a court order with charges against me I probably won’t admit to doing things that in my memory are a blur. Its a horrible place to be because right away everyone assumes that the abuser is that way by choice. It isn’t. My dad was angry and abusive when he was around and I was beaten regularly at school. I was always the quiet type and when I was in school. (1970’s - 1980’s) people did things to us without any intervention from the school system or the legal system. I don’t totally blame them, I blame myself because only I had the power to admit my problem and put a stop to it before any of this happened. I wish I had more help from her but it wasn’t her duty to help me. She loved me and I’ve lost that to her fear of me and I accept that. I would have serious problems loving another person unless I know I am ok.