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Isabel Lane Hemingway (isabellane) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-12-11 16:33:00

Entry tags:

!closed, maryanne walker (oe), ~isabel lane

Email to Maryanne
I know that you're away but Sean might come whining to you. I've changed the locks and he's not getting a key until he sobers up. I love him, Maryanne, but I can't deal with this anymore. If he wants help, I'll help him, but he obviously doesn't want it right now.

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	maryanne_walker 2013-12-11 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	Seriously? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-11 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	He's promised to stop drinking three times already and it hasn't happened yet. I'm a big fan of baseball. I'm hoping that this will get his attention enough to want some help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Have you ever been around an addict that's trying to stop? He's my brother, I don't like that he's drinking either, but I'm not going to turn him away. I can't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 02:54 am UTC (link)
	I'm not abandoning him. I'm trying to get his attention. I'm hoping that this will get him to listen because nothing else that I've done has. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Isabel, he's going to remember this. Especially since it's this close to the holidays. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 03:07 am UTC (link)
	So you're saying I should just put up with it because it's close to Christmas? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 03:14 am UTC (link)
	I'm saying you should hold off on the dramatics until the first of the year. If he's still being a horses ass then I'll kick him in the ass. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 03:23 am UTC (link)
	He promised me that he'd stop drinking. He hasn't even tried. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

maryanne_walker
2013-12-12 03:38 am UTC (link)

He has tried, he doesn't get as drunk as often anymore. This time of year isn't exactly... easy for either of us, so he's probably trying to drown that. Instead of locking him out, do something to make him forget how horrible it's been since our gran died. You know that index I told you about at the diner? It is full of my Gran's recipes. There are a few marked for holiday stuff. Don't wait for Christmas.

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	isabellane 2013-12-12 03:43 am UTC (link)
	I'll think about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 03:47 am UTC (link)
	If you love him, I mean really love him, you're going to have to give him reason to stop this. And I mean, more than I'm going to scream at you, and lock you out of your apartment, sort of reason. Me and him aren't to different. And to be honest if you locked me out of my apartment I'd be pissed off, very very pissed off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 03:51 am UTC (link)
	I love him, Maryanne. And I haven't yelled at him about any of this. I got annoyed, yes, but I haven't yelled. I told him about my dad and my brother. I told him that I can't keep doing this. I don't know what else to do. Loving him doesn't seem to be enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 03:57 am UTC (link)
	I don't know how long he's been like this. I don't know how long he's turned to booze for... To drown stuff out. But he can break away from it. I know he can. I did. Sort of. It's just going to take time and patience. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 04:07 am UTC (link)
	I'm not raising Bridget's boys around a drunk, Maryanne. They shouldn't have to deal with that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 04:13 am UTC (link)
	Wait, what? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Bridget disappeared, but her boys were still here. I'm taking care of them. Calleigh and Ramses have their hands full with Will and Amelia. Sean was okay with this because it's as close to having kids as we're going to be able to get. But I can't have them around him if he's going to keep drinking. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Okay I'm going to have a very heated chat with my little brother. Just keep cool. Don't do anything rash, if he gets pissed off at me so be it. We're family he has to love me no matter what. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	isabellane 2013-12-12 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Thank you. I really appreciate that. Maybe he'll listen to you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	maryanne_walker 2013-12-12 04:38 am UTC (link)
	He had better. (Reply to this) (Parent)