LadyEllen -> RE: a good man really is hard to find (3/23/2007 7:43:18 PM)
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Draba - believe me, I've tried for three years now. We've spent night after night talking through all his issues, him often in tears and becoming for the time the 7 year old boy who felt all the hurt that drove him to act the big macho male and from there to drinking. I've given him chance after chance to do something about it; I've offered him work he could do to get his self esteem back, built him up only to be disappointed again and again, brought him into my family and friends and he's mucked it up with daft behaviour through drink. I even stopped him drinking a few times, including by way of magick without his knowledge - though I dont expect anyone to believe that. But I cant help him it seems, he goes back to it after a week or few of being dry. And its such a tragedy. He's 40, a brilliant artist, really intelligent and knowledgeable, good looking, toned and capable of charm such that he could go so far in life if he could just get over his issues and be himself and stop drinking. He asks why I bother with a loser like him (his word) - I tell him, because he's worth it, and I wouldnt spend my time with him if he wasnt. Mind you, I havent seen him much lately. He now has a 21 year old girlfriend, a heroin addict, and they seem to be getting along OK. But then, she doesnt stretch him at all and thinks he's god, so I guess its the familiar comfort zone for him right now where he doesnt have to deal with his life, and I'm the bad guy. E
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