Addiction & Recovery

of an alcoholic.

You mentioned your boys. I can tell you that I have nothing but respect and admiration for my Dad and the HELL he went through in the early 60's when he started the first AA group in our rural county. Back then, "alcoholism is a disease" was viewed as a lame excuse for moral failure. To most, Dad was not an alcoholic; he was "that damned drunk".

He was shunned by some of his old drinking buddies because they said he thought he was "too good" to get drunk with them. Eventually, some showed up at AA meetings.

I've read my share of "Grapevines" and recall one bit of advice that I read in one over 50 years ago: "When a person gets run over by a train, it is the FIRST car that kills them."
It is all about avoiding that one first drink and "one day at a time".

You can---will---beat this and one day, your boys will measure courage by your example.

(I love you, Dad.)