With Wine Comes Wisdom (WITH WINE #1) by J.E. Johnson EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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ALEX
“Good morning, sun,” I was thinking to myself, as I pulled the covers
over my face to help soothe the stabbing pain in my head. “Another
night of one too many!” What is the definition of insanity? Ah, yes, I
told myself. Doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
Ugh, at least I didn’t bring anyone home with me. I feel like such a tease
not letting them know ahead of time that I’m not interested in a relationship
of any kind. Divorce will do that to you, I guess. I feel like I’m destined to
become an old maid with an expensive wine habit.
I’m happily divorced now for a little over a year but that doesn’t mean I
want to play the field forever. I was married young, right out of college, and
divorced four years later. Thankfully, we didn’t have any children, but the
drama was enough to sour the institution for me.
I was raised by two extremely loving and attentive parents— at least they
both were when my mom was sober. When she wasn’t, well let’s just say I
couldn’t move out fast enough. My mom and I share a special connection,
though. I can’t explain it. I don’t know if it’s a mother-daughter thing or if
we truly have something that can’t be explained. Maybe that’s why it was
so difficult for us to live together, because we always knew what the other
was thinking or feeling, and it wasn’t always good.
I have two older brothers, Patrick and Edward. Mom finally got her little
girl on number three, but I had no desire to be the perfect princess she
thought she’d finally have. I played sports and was very athletic, your
typical tomboy. All the dresses and Mary Jane shoes she pushed on me were
enough to make a girl like me puke. Just the thought of wearing that stuff
when I was younger caused me to scrunch up my face in utter disgust and
humiliation. There were no Barbie dolls or playing dress up for me.
She did leave me with lots to think about before I moved out. She told
me, “You don’t need a man to be happy or to have a baby.” She’s been
married to my dad for over thirty-five years…like, what the actual hell,
Mom?!
My idea of the perfect man and the perfect relationship was a little
skewed, so I decided it wasn’t worth it to get married again or even
consider a relationship right now. Did I even want my own family anymore?
My whole family goes on vacation every summer with my aunt, uncle,
and cousins. I just don’t see what more I could possibly need. I adore my
Aunt Diana, who’s my mom’s sister.
She’s my sounding board when I need
someone who can handle the heavy stuff, since that’s the kind of trigger that
would send my mother on a binger. I never understood my mom’s need to
escape reality until I experienced it myself, though. The only difference
between my and my mother’s drinking habits was that I was choosing to
escape reality, and she had no other option.
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