It's Hard - Is Anybody Out There?

It's Hard -- Anybody out there?

ADD is out there. It stalks me. I walk into a room. I see the dishes. I see the cookie jar. I know I am supposed to wash. I hear my wife snoring gently in her easy-chair in the next room. The TV is loud. The cookies are delicious.

The dishes are still dirty. My wife stirs. "Honey, could you bring me a couple of cookies and some milk?"

I look down, the jar is empty. I try and recall the last eleven minutes my watch says has passed. I can not. Did I really eat all those cookies? I walk into the next room......
The children hear, "You inconsiderate jack-ass! I just made those cookies, and you ate them all?!? Did you not think I wanted any, or that you're just not fat enough!?! I bet you didn't do the dishes either, did you? DID YOU!!?!!??" (I shake my heard & drop my eyes) "You disgust me. What do you have to say for yourself?"

What do I say? That I think it was right to eat a whole jar of cookies? To ignore doing the dishes & deprive her of something enjoyable after her long, hard day? I KNOW not to eat a whole jar of cookies, and I guess I wouldn't of, if I had been paying attention to what I was doing. But, then that's the whole point, isn't it? It's hard. I have ADD. Is anybody out there?