When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

Over the years, I have found that I have had a lot of guilt, but a lot of false feelings that were not mine to take on. It seemed like I was upset because something happened to you, and I would take it on. I would get angry just because I was your friend, I had to stand by your side. I can be supportive, but that doesn't mean the fight is mine. It doesn't help the other person, just because I feel for them. We have to go through this to get to the other side. I stuffed feelings for years. it took a long time for some of them to surface because I kept pushing them down because I didn't want them to surface.

My little pig lost his animation when I posted, he was bussy eating and is wolfing his treat down. We are not always able to stop of our own accord, no matter what the substance is.