Pain

We all have our own pain.  And sometimes I don't know how to deal with other peoples.  I want to be a comfort, I really do.  Yet sometimes I don't know what t say, and sometimes when you throw in a little alcohol, I can't deal with it.  I understand the need for alcohol to numb the "pain".  But it doesn't really change anything.  Just what you are willing to say.  I think for the most part I am a very sympathetic person and I feel bad when I cannot help someone else.  So what do I do.  Just as I cannot always help other people, I have to be true to who I am.  It is a hard line to draw.