Warning: I'm about to sound like a bitch.
Today on Facebook, my ex announced to the world that he is five years sober today.
Which is great, don't get me wrong. And I know it must have been a horribly long road to sobriety for him.
Everybody chimed in, telling him how great and wonderful he is and what a pillar of society he's become.
Here's my question: (and keep in mind that I was the girlfriend who was there for the loooong trip down to rock bottom, so I saw him at [very nearly] his worst, which has colored my opinion of him forever) Does five years of being good undo nearly 30 of being a raging a-hole?
If you try to destroy yourself and everyone around you for six times the number of years you've been an angel, is that a good balance?
I guess only time will tell. If in 25 years he's still the pillar of society that folks say he is today, I guess he'll have proven me wrong.
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