First "real" resentment in sobriety

Resentments & Inventory

To sum it up, yesterday there was an incredible betrayal in my family. My mother and severely ill disabled sister are being forced out of there home.

I am absolutely enraged. But its none of my business. The people involved, when listed out, do not include me. And yet I feel like my entire body is on fire. I know part of it is shame. Shame that I cant help my mom financially in a significant enough way to make anything better.

I dont know how to process this in a spiritually sound way. I want to cause a scene, start a fight, be a bitch, call people names. None of that is acceptable, appropriate, or would help my mom in any way. It would just make things worse.

Its not a problem I can drink at, part of my has thought about it, but I just reached 8 months sober, and for this my mom said she was proud of me for the first time in nearly 2 decades.

How have you guys learned to be able to sit with injustices, rage, and hurt in a way that isnt destructive to yourself or those around you? I want to follow whatever lead my mom sets on how to handle the situation, and right now its gracefully. I do not feel graceful.

Posted May 1, 2026, 5:56 PM UTC

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