And certainly something like this is one of the reasons why I would sit there in my own misery,

like why is this happening? Why am I a victim? Why is this happening to me? That would be one

of the reasons. I had plenty of reasons. I didn't need a reason to drink, but it was always

nice to have a reason. So having that self-pity, that being playing that victim card was always problematic.

It takes work for some of us to get out of that. It takes work for me, for this alcoholic, to stay out of it.

Because I'm going through some stuff at home right now, and I absolutely feel like a victim.

I mean that. I do. I feel like, you know, there's stuff out of my control that's making life more challenging for me.

Put it that way.

And, you know, and there's just times where I'm just emotionally beat up.

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