to love is blind

Submitted by a muslim woman (United States), Jan 6, 2009 at 20:43

First of all I am sick by your email. The first thing you need to do immediately is go to a battered womans shelter, catholic charities or some other organization. I will try and do more research for you and give you some names. What area are you from. This is a desperate situation and as you said it could be life threatening. Please get help. If the people around really love you, put down your pride and ask them to stay with them regardless of the lectures or I told you so. Please get help now.

You may also be dealing with more than just casual drinking sounds to me like he is an alcholic, there is no reasoning with a person who possess this disease, so do not try. I am sure he has not gotten his papers here yet, you can stop the process. Before you destroy yourself and childrens lives to the point that you can not get over the trauma please help yourself. Love yourself enough to choose to leave this situation. Do not be confused, do research on abuse and the characteristics and the help that is out there for free. Do not be ashamed for your choice just know what you need to do from here and do it. Don't look back. This type of a person will not and can not change.

Please get help today. DO NOT GO BACK. YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU ARE STRONGER THAN THIS. Find the strength within yourself to pick yourself up and do what you know deep down you have to. Do not feel sorry for him, feel for yourself and your children. Please, please, please.

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