Originally Posted by
amazingjoy 
OK...here's some levity for the thread for a moment...
My daughter is 9 (almost 10) and we have been watching Fuller House on Netflix. Oh my head...we are laughing so much together watching this show!
It is such a WONDERFUL feeling to be laughing so genuinely...from deep down inside and fully present with her!
Hi amazing
Thanks for your kind words.
I know exactly what you mean re: laughing. I'm so happy that you and your daughter are happy and laughing together. I know what you mean by genuinely laughing. For me, a lot of the time, when I was drinking or thinking about drinking, it was somewhat forced or contrived laughs because my attention and energy was really elsewhere (on alcohol). And I knew it was somewhat forced which used to make me feel bad.....like a failure as a mother who can't truly laugh with my son.
Yeah.....alcohol robs kids of a parent/s.