Dear Tritone,

I hear you.
I think that I am also hearing
frustration, anger, confusion, betrayal.

My god, did your wife really ask your son to keep track of the benzos?

Look people in this story need to start forgiving themselves.
Then they can start forgiving each other.


Tritone, you are a good person.
If your daughter can't let go, that is her struggle. Let her do what she needs to do. She has a tough road.
You can move on. And you had been.
It seems that the step dad's actions set you back.

This is horrible and I am sorry that you are living through it.
On the other hand, like you sort of point out in your post, the living through it that you kind of did when you went off benzos in the hospital might have been a good thing.

You lived it through and have come out the other side.

Lots of thoughts. . .
But I am not as elequent as you and certainly can't be as coherent to go over each main point.
Mostly, I want to know that you are going to keep yourself safe. Have you taken steps to stay on the right side? I mean, I know that you have because you were hinting about them in your last posts.


You seem to be in high energy tonight. Please don't take offense at anything I said.
You gotta admit that you laid out a whole pile of stuff for us to read. Everyone who reads it will process it differently.

I was raised Catholic and have been working with Baptists at a religious-ish workplace. Both groups believe strongly in forgiveness from god. It helps to know that.

If it helps you, I think you are a good person and good soul.
If it doesn't help that I said that, let it go.
I'm letting you know that I am on your side.
I am on your side.

Mari