I am about so fed up with this world

[D30]

Every time someone has something going good in there life it always seems to hit rock bottom again. My wife calls be baling her eyes telling me that her boss just told her she had to start working 5 days a week. This is after they agreed to 4.5 days and the .5 day was at home. They are taking that away.

We have bills piling up because the economy sucks and nobody want to get there carpet cleaned because they have to put the extra gas in there tank. I am so sick of the Political BS going on now.

Please tell me why I shouldn't pop a couple Vicodin and just relax. I am so Fin sick of being OK one day financially to not the next week.

I make a good living and so does my wife and we are penny pincher's and in this potion. I couldn't imagine a single mother with 2 kids having to make ends meet. If we are having a rough time making it right now and us both being college educated and making 80,000 a year. What the hell is the single mother or father doing to make ends meet. I AM JUST SO F'ING DONE IT ISN"T funny. I have always believed and worshiped GOD and always wonder why he does this to good people.

I am so sick to my stomach feeling for my wife. She negotiated with them for her 36 hour a week job. She has her Master's in MIS and under Grad in Financial Administration and was over qualified for the position anyway. Now some dickhead decides to come in and say well lets stir the pot, well I have news for him he is about to lose one of the best people he has ever had working for him or the university. Politics have entered everything even the most sacred our churches. Obama entered a church to grow is political career, a church is for growing your faith not a political career. I am just so aggravated.

[kimmieb]

i'm sooooooo happy to see all the wonderful posts you got....lots of support here for you....lots who understand EXACTLY what you're saying....life here on this Earth IS hard....we all know it and experience it everyday.....but if we get through this and love it and take each day for the gift it really truly is, we'll be rewarded a million times over on the other side....if we snap our fingers, that's exactly how long on our life here on this Earth is compared to our live in eternity....nice to know sometimes when we feel like we're in the middle of something horrible and neverending!  keep up the wonderful attitude and hope your spirits are better today....you sound a like a wonderful man....your wife is lucky to have you, and i'm sure she already knows that :-)  as someone said, that right there is a a major, major blessing in your life....you go out and have an awesome day today....and all my prayers and blessings to you!  luv, kim

[enemy48]

So U think we're the best?

Like the saying goes,..........takes one to know one!

Lot sa Luv!

[D30]

Thanks to all who posted, I fully understand drugs are never the answer. You guys are the best.

[enemy48]

Plain & Simple............your're beautiful.

We love you.

Stay with us!

[bubbaganoosh]

Excately always someone worst off, EG single mother , or on disability like myself day after day that feeling gets tiresome really quick..... Exhausting actually..prob why i havnt gotten of methadone yet, the world does suck yeah but gotta get up dont we

[Florida_Guy737]

Hey...understand the need to vent.  What's cool is that you came up with a plan immidiately...help your wife find another job.   Having a clear head and being able to plan alternatives is probaly something you couldn't do as well on meds.  I agree with you the economy sux but we have an election coming up...time heals all :-)

Congrats on your comittment to stay clean..

Guy

[DaisyDo]

Hello - All I really meant was to avoid negative feelings it helps to look at the positive things in ones life.  It is DAMN hard and trust me I know that all to well.  Please dont relapse, thats just a short term solution with long term effects on everyone.  Yesterday I looked out the window and thought of god not another day of RAIN!!  I hate it........5 hours later I get a call from my Mum, my sister in law had a massive stroke and has little chance of pulling thru (she is just 40!!) SO all things are relative - I bet she would love to sit in this rain if only it meant she had her life back!  She will be leaving behind 4 children and a husband who is a SERIOUS addict, snorting Oxy, Crack, Meth and Vodka!  Her condition I feel is a direct result of my brother  - Hang in there and best wishes x

[kimmieb]

yep, i agree, lots of stress.....but you know what?  there always will be!!!! that's just part of life....AND a part of the christian life....in fact, i truly believe that as christians, we are tested even more....our faith is tested more and more as we grow in faith....and we grow in faith as it's tested more and more....there will always be stress....that's just life....it's how we handle it that counts....and handling it with pills is NOT the way to go....but you already know that anyway....and you just needed to vent....which i can totally understand....it does suck....and life ***** sometimes!!!  for everyone though....for everyone, my friend....even those who really are blessed in many, many ways and know it....we still have our really bad days...it's just human nature....it's just the way we're designed....that's why we're all supposed to find our own good, healthy outlets for stress....and utilize them when we need them....but good to hear you're not going back to pills....that in itself will only cause about a billion times more stress in the long run, obviously....crying wives are just a part of life....i should know, i've been one of those before :-)  hang in there and keep posting if you need to vent....there's always many on hear willing to listen and relate....as noted by the number of responses you've gotten!  hope your day gets better....blessings to you.....  kim

[LONESOME]

Sorry you are having a bad day today, but let me give you some news for 2 years I was taking pills and pills to see if that would make all my problems go away and it didn't work what it did do is add a bigger one to my list of problems ADDICTION.
So don't think about taking or don't take any cause you will relax for a little bit the you will wake up to see that they are still there and you will add another one and that is going to be remorse.

Everything will be just fine as long as you keep you mind focus on what you have to do ok

Good luck

[flmagi]

I so understand what your saying. It's so hard to find alittle joy and happiness in our lives with all the economic stress weighing so heavy on us. I'm constantly running a month behind on mortgage and bills, have a water leak under my house I can't afford to fix, health problems-don't have insurance, getting a divorce,  etc. etc.  My doctor put me on Cymbalta a couple of months ago, and it has made a big difference in my atitude. LOL, hasn't changed anything financially though.
Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in how your feeling. There's alot of us feeling the same way.  Hope things will change for the better some day.
Stay strong and congrats on 1 week (?).
Magi

[bexy_b_bexton]

i don't know you so i don't want to seem smug, but do you love your wife? does she love you? it seems as though this is the case, and believe me, that is something to be thankful for, something to smile about, in this often ****** world you at least have each other to lean on. Treat her extra special, make her remember that there is at least one good thing in her life and in yours.

[TrayCee]

I'm a college educated single mother of 12 year old twins, its tough, but do-able.  Drug addiction seriously doesnt make it any easier

[dominosarah]

We are all feeling the stress from the way the world is today.  Right now at this very minute i would give everything i own if it meant keeping me clean forever.  I have started to take my life back and i can only hope the rest will follow.  I do understand what you are saying tho.              sara

[D30]

Nope no relapse, just a bad day at the office. I have a crying wife because of politcs and just needed to vent.

I have no intetion on relapsing. Will I ever, I don't know. Not anytime soon. 1 Week now

[D30]

That is why i am reluctant to post such threads. I am blessed in many ways with things some do and some don't have, but I also have feelings and problems the same as everyone here.

I think you may have mis-understood the mother with children thing. I was stating that I feel sorry for a single parent who was just getting by with gas at 3.00 a Gallon and now he or she has to spend an xtra 100 or so a month just for gas. Where does it come from how does she get it? This world has made it so easy to cry.

My glass is always teatering betwen having a spout filling it or a hole draining it..just right now the hole is letting more out then the spout is pouring in. I have to work patching the hole.

[Brrrrad]

I think you have a point,I think we all get caught up in the everyday life. The more we buy the bigger the locks.We know $$ does`nt cure all our problems but in this day and age we are told it does. We have to have the rite clothes,cars,houses, glasses and that puts pressure on us. alot of pressure. When i grew up i had to work all through high school,buy my own car and insurance. and walk to school up hill in the winter both ways lol.
I think there is always going to be stress,but being here seems like one good way to let it out. It sounds like you have a great family and they have a really good dad who cares alot for them and maybe if there were more like you this world would change for the better. Stay Strong  brad

[DaisyDo]

Your cup is half full and not half empty, you have jobs, you have degrees, you have healthy smart children, you have a home for the bills to come through the letter box, why wouldnt a single mother or 2 struggle?  

[D30]

The trial and tribulations will never be more than I can handle as a christian. I know GOD told the Demon do as you wish, but you may never physically harm my child.

I just want to laugh again and be able to enjoy a good laugh. There isn't a good thing to laugh or smile about right now. It is much easier to cry right now rather than laugh and that isn't right.

I understand everyone is going to have many ups and downs in there life. I have been riding a down side for to long now and i am not sure there is a logical way out. I have a daughter who just graduated and is starting college in the fall as a PRE-MED studet at a private University. I have a 14 year old daughter who is ready for all the prep clothing.

Why are there so many of us on this forum, STRESS of some kind is probably the number one answer.

[Brrrrad]

I`m feel`n yah about the economy! My wife and i are have some of the same struggles. We know the pill pop`n will only makes you feel good for a while so thats not the answer.
I hope you don`t take this the wrong way but i was wondering why you said "why does god do this to good people"? Jesus loves and cares for his own kids but he said we WOULD have trials and tribulations in this world. We do not get a free pass.
Maybe she will find another,better job that will come from this that she might not have found if her nutty boss did`nt mess her over. Atleast i hope thats the case. Stay Strong  

[worried878]

You know i had a meeting Monday where i was told i could not go to the 36 hour week i had requested a month ago....just get tired of feeling like i am on a treadmill all the time that never stops and wanted a bit of down time...oh well...we did make some compromises tho....pills dern sure never helped my finances tho and being the frugal capricorn that i am...finances was the final straw to make me quit....but i know the feeling...when i left that meeting it is a good thing there were no pills nearby!

[lady67]

The pills are not the answer.  Sure they "MAY" make you feel better, but in my experience when I go this long clean and then take something I end up feeling so guilty when I take something.  It won't help the situation.  Just remain clean and pray that everything will work out in the end.  You ARE strong enough to do this.

[confused456]

I had this "almost" exact conversation yesterday on the phone with a friend!!

[mimi1313]

You know that won't help but hopefully it helped to vent a little.

[cathy5841]

no, this too shall pass.  do not take a pill.  you have fought hard to get where you are.  do not let this problem take all your hard work away from you.  be strong.  your wife needs you...not some hubby spending hard earned money on pills.  you get the picture, right???