also. I blame myself for the whole thing really. I am wracked with guild about the fact that had I been a half decent human being she would never have been in that position in the first place. If I could rewind the clock, so much would have been different and she would never have had to endure what she has both from me and on the night in question.
I am truly so grateful for the help I have had here.
See, once again you do not understand responsibility and accountability. SHE put herself in that situation. No one but HER. You were a jerk and a bad boyfriend, you abused her, but SHE made the choice to kiss another man. She did not choose to then be forced into a sexual act, but SHE chose to go to a party, get drunk and make out with a guy (I'm not saying she's to blame for the rape- she absolutely is NOT, but she is responsible for putting herself in that situation).
If she had had some self-respect she would have left you at the first 'breakup' or your first night of drunken abuse.
SHE is responsible for HER actions and CHOICES. NOT YOU!!!
You are responsible for your actions: your affair, your drinking, your abuse, your dysfunction. You are NOT responsible for her choices and she is not responsible for yours.
Once you get that through your head you can begin to heal.
Feel
guilt remorse for your abuse of her, feel
guilt remorse for your drinking, feel
guilt remorse for the poor boundaries that destroyed your first son's family and began this relationship in an affair.
REMORSE, not guilt - guilt is debilitating, remorse spurs you to positive action.
YOU were not in the room raping your girlfriend, you were not the one that got her drunk, you were not holding a gun or forcing her to kiss the guy. The responsibility for the rape lies with her rapist, not with you.
Focus on helping her heal from that, encourage her to enforce her boundaries and respect them yourself.
Focus on what you can do to ensure you do not abuse, drink or ruin this family too.