Krismutt1,
Dad here of 2 kids not living with me.. 2 and 9. I was working the NA program well and things were going very well and I was seeing my kids all of the time. It was working, the respect was back and all. Unfortunately, relapsed as of late, but picking up the pieces again.so, yes, for me the 12 steps do work. another thing was I had so much guilt and sadness for messing up they're mother's lives, you know, not being there. to the point that they just wanted me out of both of their lives.