I moved in with my girl and her 2 teenage boys a year ago. We have had good times and bad times just like any family. The kids father comes around once every 6 weeks at best and plays father of the year for 24 hours then drops them off. To say the least I think he is a piece of shit. Lately things have been rough, and I have had the attitude that I don't need this shit. I have been coming home every night after work and diving right into eroids, spending no time with my family.Oh yeah lets not forget drinking heavy to escape my problems. Well last week my girl told me if things don't change she wanted me to leave. I said that's fine I'll be out by the end of the month. Then on Saturday I was stripped of 100 karma for rule violations. This was the final straw for me I felt be trade not only by my girl but eroids. I gave a year of my life to this place and felt "how can they do this to me after all my hard work" At that point I said fuck my family and eroids. I said goodbye to my good friends on here and said I was done. These friends also new about my home life and were already concerned about me. I packed my shit and went to a hotel. The first night I got completely fucked up in my room but woke up saying to myself I need to clear my head and really think about what I just did. I checked my emails and had numerous PM's from other vets, some saying don't leave we need your wisdom here some saying I'm concerned about you please don't shut me out and even a mod shared his own personal demons he had to battle not to long ago.They even sent me their personal email information and phone numbers. After 3 days I realized that I was a huge part of the problem at home, especially drinking every night. So I am back home(and no drinking to escape my problems) and back in touch with my friends on eroids. So for all you people that think this is just a bunch of guys that can give two shits about you, you are wrong. How many friends do you know for years would do for you what these guys did for me especial people you never met. Even the mod that stripped me PM'd me saying he was glad I was doing better. EROIDS IS A FAMILY. What else can you call it for what they did for me?