My cousin just got diagnosed with Covid and I don’t know how I’m going to deal with the news.<|sost|>I’m going to drink to forget. Drink to forget. Drink to forget.

I feel like I have been in this position for years, but it’s not like it’s suddenly just going away and I’ll be able to go into a new normal. How do you deal with it and it’s just so much, I feel like it’s been bothering me for years and years. Is there anything you’ve learned that you can get through your friend’s constant constant struggle?

A friend of mine just got covid and I have mixed feelings about it cause he was the best friend we thickness ever saw.\nHe knows he’s a good friend and knows he’s not one to lie around and act weird, but he’s trying to get the best he can out of it.\nI think it’s just a learning process for him. I’m hoping it will eventually make him a more normal person.

I have just got it. I don't know how to cope with it. It’s not going to take much, but I feel it will be okay. It’s just an addiction. I’ve no idea what to do.<| Halifax|>I’m not going to pretend this is a serious question, but I was born a year after you. I can't say I didn’t enjoy that feeling of being constantly overwhelmed and not enough energy for the stuff you want to make. I can’t imagine you could really relate to that.\n\nI’m not drinking to forget either.

I feel it man!

Edit: I am so happy to see so many other people posting about their experiences! Thank you so much and I hope this helps anyone struggling with addiction or depression.

Dumba dumbo.

Sorry for the bleak outlook but I just really needed to get this out of my system. \n\nEdit: To all those asking for advice I’m sorry but I wasn’t sure if I was in the right place on this so let me know and I’ll do my best to reply. \nFirst of all I am not a terrible person, I’ve turned a corner, I think. I have moved on. I’m not an anti-social person or anything but I’ve learned to navigate social situations myself and as a result I am not as easily riled up as some people are making it sound. That being said, I am aware that I will feel immensely guilty in the morning. My cousin, like many others before him, is very anxious and I think that’s probably why he’s so anxious. \n\nThe thing is, I’m not angry about it. Like I said, I’m slowly coming around to accepting that I’m not a bad person by nature, but I still get like one angry call a week from people because I happen to be “in the wrong”. Again, sorry for the bleak outlook. \n\nI guess what I’m trying to get across is that I am not looking for solutions, I’m looking for people who can step up and be a little more confident in talking to me about these things because as it stands right now, it’s really hard for me to even get a moment to myself to actually get to where I want to be in life because every conversation I have with people about it ends with them wanting to put a bullet in my head. I want more for my kids than that’s just verbal attacks, I want them to have a better life than I did and I want things to be better for them than they are right now. \n\nSo if you could give me one piece of advice, what would it be?