hate being right sometimes
I had a feeling my mom was doing something wrong and I was completely right. My mom is an alcoholic, thankfully, she is now sober. One afternoon, my mom said she had to give her sister a ride. I didn’t think much of it, but within maybe thirty minutes of her leaving, something felt off. It’s one of those unexplainable things where you can just sense something happened. I felt so nervous, like my mom was in trouble. My stomach was in knots and my heart was skipping beats. I tried to push the feeling away and deny that anything was wrong. I listened to music and concentrated on my homework, but no luck. I couldn’t ignore that feeling because it was me knowing my mom fell off the wagon. Everything was confirmed when mom came home, maybe two hours later, staggering and smelling like a brewery. I couldn't believe it, she walked in like nothing was wrong when she was clearly drunk. I didn’t want it to be true. Usually being right makes me feel good, but sometimes it can hurt.