My mom drunk text me and my husband’s best friend last night, yet I’m the one who feels guilty.
It wasn’t anything salacious, just drunk ramblings. Luckily my husband’s friend assumed she must have been hacked or something (she still gets the benefit of the doubt somehow.)
Today I finally stood up to her and said I didn’t like her drunk texting me as I am going through my own sobriety journey right now, and that I’m going to be setting some boundaries. She tried to tell me it was 3:30pm when she text me so clearly she wasn’t drunk, so I reminded her that she called me at 1pm last week and was wasted, so the time of day no longer seems to be a factor….
But now I’m absolutely ruined with guilt that I might have actually, for once, got through to her and she might be feeling bad / embarrassed. How can she go around hurting people everyday and feel nothing, but when I simply speak the truth I feel bad??
So yeah…. anyone else dealing with an aging, alcoholic, narcissistic parent???