Old 09-04-2015, 05:26 AM
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FireSprite
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With an active alcoholic? No.

With a recovering alcoholic WORKING a recovery? Yes, I consider myself a success in progress.

DD11 has most certainly been affected (unavoidable) but she's not destroyed by any means.

That doesn't mean it can't change tomorrow. If either of us fall down on our recoveries, it'll hurt everyone. Part of *my* success is in trusting myself enough to know that I am always going to be ok no matter what surprises come my way, & that I'm teaching DD the same.

I am also an ACoA, my father was an alcoholic & drug addict. My mother's codependency is still suffocating & has often been more difficult to manage than dad's addictions. DD is my mini-me; she looks, walks, talks & thinks just like me - but in the ways that matter, she's the opposite of who I was at her age - confident, secure, open, authentic. The difference is due to being raised with BOTH parents in recovery & providing her with education & tools to manage the things that affect her, far earlier in life.

JMHO & I absolutely realize I'm in the minority on this.
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