When I was in my late teens, my bipolar disorder reared its ugly head for the first time and I also got addicted to heroin. My aunt on my dad's side of the family started to gossip aggressively about me after she found out. She started telling everyone not to get me anything for Christmas. I haven't seen her in years because we stopped doing Christmas with that side of the family. I kind of resent her. She wanted me to feel alone on Christmas of all holidays. How can I teach her a lesson about what a fake Catholic she is? I'm tempted to reach out over Facebook and tell her what a horrible person she is, how much she's hurt me over the years, etc. but I don't want to cause stress for my parents. They told me to leave it be and focus on my education. I'm 34 now and over 6 years into my recovery, for anyone's reference. I hope the fact she's not invited to my graduation ceremony will make her feel like shit.
>>35081908you have to let it go and be the better person. what are you going to achieve by trying to do to her what she has done to you?you're not the sheriff of karma, and putting any energy into this is putting energy into her whether + or - when the appropriate energy to give her is none.
>>35081975Thanks! I will take this to heart. I will focus on more things I love, lifting up everyone who believed in me, etc. Maybe not being a part of the joy I have found hurts her enough.
