Originally Posted by BrickbyBrick83

Maybe one day Berrybean, but not for the foreseeable future. He is an interesting man - no longer an aggressive alcoholic, but it's not like he has become a completely different person either. He is still quite arrogant, self-centred, and condescending. I'm worried that talking to him, and his reaction, would be a trigger in itself!

He also did some truly horrible things to me growing up, that I will probably never get over completely. The memories have softened now, and I am so proud and happy that he stopped drinking. I love my dad. But that past does mean that I find it hard to let him in as much as perhaps other people might do with their parents.