Understanding cruel people.

[TruthSeeker]

Thank you all for responding. Thanks Candor. I go around in circles on the hate/compassion thing. I know my demons and have been very verbally cruel in my life and still can be. I have never been violent or sexually inappropriate but I know I have hurt people. I guess it is a matter of degrees and I wonder if I had kids when I was drinking if I would have been brutal. I know my parents backgrounds and they both were in poverty with 4 kids to a bed. Alcoholism and poverty are not a good mix. I guess I will have to put up with the angry/empathy swings and process them.

Totally get that angry/empathy swing.....a good term...and accurate. I'd like to say I was forgiving, it was poor circumstances, but not there yet.....at least headed in that direction.