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Thanks, Aim. My daughhter has been through something similiar with her birth father - alcoholism. He's sober now, but she has limited contact - her choice. But my SO is her step father, and she's not used to him being like this. I'm just thankful that she comes to me to talk about it, instead of kee...

I was in the chat room, and got some helpful advice about free counseling. But there are too many conversations going on and it was hard to keep up. I think I prefer the forums better. Thanks for asking about me and my family. I have been trying to keep everything else running as smoothly as possibl...

Thank you for welcoming me. My SO found the e-mail welcoming to the forum and asked why I joined. I told him that I needed help to better understand what he was going through. He seemed amused - not sure if that's good or bad. Anyway, I already feel better knowing there are people I can talk to that...

Hello. I joined the forum because my significant other is battling depression and I need more of an understanding of it. I feel helpless to help him. The plant he worked at for 20 years closed down 18 months ago and he has not worked since. He rarely even looks for a job anymore, and with the recent...