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I don't know how teachers do it. My grandmother used to work for the schools as an attendant for the smaller kids and made sure they were in class and orderly at lunch time etc. With each generation the kids got worse and worse and when I was about 12 the 6 year olds were 10x worse than my generation. She eventually quit and went to work at the post office part-time until retirement.
The line that jumped out to me in this post was "I drink too much"
Alcohol is a depressant and its tentacles can really pull you down, cloud your perceptions, and can harm every aspect of your life.
Have you tried eliminating it for any period of time?
People always isolate alcoholism and say
AH-HA! There's the problem!
Wrong.
I come from a long line of alcoholics and when I examine their lives, alcohol was the lowest offender on the long list of complications their life had.
I once went to a therapist when I was having a hard time dealing with a dysfunctional work environment. She tried to make the whole thing about my Father and alcohol consumption. When I changed jobs my alcohol intake went down to normal and I've never had any problems with my Father. My Father has also decreased his stress and drinking after separation with his ex-Wife (my step mother).
Alcohol is not the issue. It is a symptom of life. Correct the life issue and the alcohol goes away. Period.
If you have the funds, stop what you are doing ASAP.
If you don’t own your house, move some place else....or not if you really like your place and town.
If you can, get on a sub list for a school district in a “bubble” area.
My friend was going through the same stuff with her corporate job. She moved to a smallish town (Midlothian, TX) and took SS early retirement benefits and substitutes at an elementary school. She’s totally happy.
I come from a long line of alcoholics and when I examine their lives, alcohol was the lowest offender on the long list of complications their life had.
I once went to a therapist when I was having a hard time dealing with a dysfunctional work environment. She tried to make the whole thing about my Father and alcohol consumption. When I changed jobs my alcohol intake went down to normal and I've never had any problems with my Father. My Father has also decreased his stress and drinking after separation with his ex-Wife (my step mother).
Alcohol is not the issue. It is a symptom of life. Correct the life issue and the alcohol goes away. Period.
Yes,
I have seen people using alcohol as the grand problem. Stop drinking and miraculously all the problems go away.
Which is very far from the truth. Yes, I believe it is a symptom of a life problem. Not the other way around.
I have an old boyfriend that had several DUIs and rehabs. He still drinks and drives and being a multi millionaire he can pay for a ride at any time. Next one he gets it goes to felony conviction. But he still drinks and drives. Go figure. I tried to explain this to him but he still did it.....obviously we are not together anymore. Our value systems were on polar opposites.
Mechaman.......that was very insightful. Thank you.
We can call it "inner-city," or we can call it "ghetto," or we can wrap it up in a "lower socio-economic" package. I, for one, know exactly how you feel. It's not for everyone. I had 4 years in on a part-time basis back in the early 2000's. Things have changed drastically in a decade. So many of those unfortunate kids have morphed into something almost unrecognizable: the rage is palpable, the attitudes are monumentally hostile, and things will most likely not improve.
GOOD FOR YOU in knowing when it's time to move on. Take a breather. Collect SS early, if you'd like. Look for something to make you happy. Wishing you the best.
Oh pulleeeze! Laying the cards on the table offends snowflakes and those whose business it is to be offended, the Jessie Jacksons or Hillary Clintons of the world who make a good living at it, for instance.
Some people just wake up each morning and look for things to be offended about.
Hair falling out is a big sign that your thyroid meds are insufficient. My hair was falling big time once when I got some bad thyroid. It was not the strength it was purported to be. Once I got a new scrip and got it filled, it took weeks but the hair stopped falling and I pulled out of the brain fog and depression.
You need to see the doc, get your blood tested, go on a long sabbatical, and engage in whatever fills your heart with joy for a few months.
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