Donna, great job staying strong & making the best of that situation! Unfortunately, people really can be bumbling idiots! And worse, actually zeroing in on your vulnerability, and then attacking?...that's the lowest!!! >:

It helps me to remember, when someone oversteps their bounds, that most of the time they really are talking about themselves. Even if this person doesn't have a drinking problem, she obviously believes that SHE can not overcome her own challenges in life, and is projecting that shortcoming onto YOU.

With all the hard work you've done and the sense of accomplishment you rightly feel, to have someone discount that is simply an outrage! I don't know who this person is to you, but if you don't get a heartfelt apology from her, of her own volition, I would seriously consider getting her out of your life if possible. You don't need the stress and you don't need her placing doubt in your mind.

It's time for us to see things & people for what they really are, now that our eyes are open. We don't need enemies in our midst. Surely we can still love them and feel compassionate towards them because we have good hearts, but let's just love them from a distance, for the sake of our own quality of life and peace of mind!

Anyway, good going!

Deirdre