[MD Expat in PA]

She admits to drinking to the point of passing out and or blacking out, but when asked if she thinks she has a drinking problem or if there is anything wrong with drinking that heavily while taking care of several young children, she says “no”, “of course not”, what’s wrong with having a little “me time””.

"She was sleeping. You know, I don’t see the problem in me having my grown up time," Bradley said. "I take good care of my kids. I keep my house clean, do their laundry. I kiss their boo-boos. I fix them food. I’m involved in their school stuff. I mean, to me, there’s nothing wrong doing what I want to do after dark."

Denial; it just isn’t a river in Egypt.

I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt but I have a feeling this isn’t going to end well, for her or baby Lisa. : ( .

[21twelve]

“..there’s nothing wrong doing what I want to do after dark.”

********************

Until your child wakes up with the flu and is throwing up and needs his mommy.

Or has a scary dream.

Or has a fever of 102.

Or the apartment catches on fire. (Happened near here to a family at my daughter’s school. Mom and dad doing drugs, apartment caught fire - perhaps from the pot pipe stashed back in the bathroom drawer. Mom and dad made it out, the three kids didn’t.)

Or is a baby and wakes up crying. At best - “okay, come up here and snuggle with mommy while she has her ‘grown-up’ time” and smothers her. Or at worst - “Damn kid won’t shut up, I can’t handle this anymore. All I want is some peace and quiet and some time alone but it’s always something with that kid.”