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Hello,
what can i say?, my life sucks...i solely attribute it to adoption. I was adopted as a baby. I am an indigenous person of my home country and the govt. of said country had no qualms about me being adopted into a family of a different race. I turns out my "mum and dad" have some quite negative stereotypical beliefs regarding my race and culture. If the adoption people had of asked a few questions at the time of my adoption i'm sure these would have come out...maybe they did but didn't care...anything to get me off their books.
So things started out bad and only got a whole lot worse. I didn't bond with my mother as a baby, i was a lot of work and i'm pretty positive that she regreted adopting me but what could she do?.Anyways my parents divorced and i went to live with my father after he was released from a psychiatric hospital. I don't have too much to say about this period other than he should not have been released. Fortunatley my older brother was living there too and he saw how much of a bad situation it was so he organised a foster home for me.
This foster home didn't work out for a couple of reason's. Then i didn't like my foster parents much, but now i realise that they were pretty special people, benefit of hindsight i guess. I moved back to live with my mother for a brief period but that didn't work out either so I was placed into another foster home. This one was awesome, i really like living there and i hold my foster parents from this home in the highest regard.
Well i managed to survive adolesence and my 20's without killing myself and at the same time finished a university degree. I thought my life would really change after finishing University, but it hasn't. I dont really have any friends, i'm a 30 year old guy and i live alone in a foreign country teaching english. The only contact i have with other people is at work. The rest of the time i am alone, either at my apartment or on weekends killing the pain of my dreary existence with booze.
I feel like a nonentity. There is very little too tie me to this world. I have no contact with any family members and i have no contact with any friends. There is nothing positive for me. If i was too die hadly anybody would care. my funeral would be an absolute joke. I'm not being melodramatic here, i'm speaking the truth, how do I manage to hold on?, i guess due to a sense of hope that things will one day be better for me...i hope they do but i'm not really sure they will. I can see myself dieing a sad lonely man. I am 30 years old and am a bit of a loser.
I can't go back and live in my hometown as i really messed a lot of things up back there and i am regarded as a joke. I am hurting inside.
Hey Rara
believe it or not there is a room full of like minded friends waiting for you wherever you live. It's a fellowship called AA Alcoholics anonymous. Many of us have a story like yours and now have friends and a reason to live. Lots of laughter and good fellowship in the rooms. See for yourself, try a few meetings around town, if you don't like it you've lost nothing - there is much to be gained. I am an artist, college professor, writer & musician...AA has been without peer the best experience of my life. 11 years and counting. I was one miserable so and so - after a few years in AA I'm happier than I have ever been in my entire life. Do yourself a favor and try it. We AA's are "color-blind" all comers are welcome.
Wade
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You say you live in a foreign country and are very lonely. What country do you live in? For the members of the "Lost Generation", which it sounds like you are a part of, things can be very tough. I'd second the AA suggestion. I went there for one of my classes in graduate school and I enjoyed one of the meetings VERY MUCH. AL-Anon is also a good organization. I am very sorry for what happened to you. Inter-racial adoption is a hot topic in the US right now since we have a lot of families adopting from overseas (as you can see on this board) and we have a history of adopting out Native American's so they can be "good Americans" and not exposed to the heathens that birthed them. While I don't always agree with inter-racial adoption or international adoption, for the most part people's hearts are in the right places and any harm they do is unintentional. It doesn't make it hurt any less though (as the statistics will attest). Please email me if you'd like to talk further. My email is roxannatorres@yahoo.com
Rara,
It sounds as if you are really depressed. Have you considere seeing a doctor for a diagnosis. You seem to use alcohol to escape your reality. Well, your reality may not be so tough if you can get on the correct medication to control how you react to it. Also know that we are ALL here for each other on this board. We are non judgemental and are ready to listen and give support whenever necessary. You are not alone. Good luck to you. Kathy
BTW, I take anti depressants and my situation has improved 100%!!!