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Will my family drag us down?
Has no one been to Alanon? I am not speaking here of alcoholism, but dependence. Grown people need to be responsible for themselves. Taking care of them does not teach them responsibility, it teaches them dependence. Then their children see no need to be responsible adults, and their children, and their children. We all have shitty things that happen to us. We figure a way out for ourselves. Maybe our lives are not perfect, or wealthy, or always happy, but we function. Functioning is something to be proud of. If his family does not somehow learn to function, they will drag him down, along with his wife and child. Someone needs to break the cycle, and he has begun to do that. Let him continue.