Thank you for sharing that inspiring post hurculana.
Not only do you have that strong father daughter
bond shared between you both, but you also have
addiction and recovery that is also a common bond.
Your dad started out on day one yrs ago and
has lived a successful recovery life for a many
one days at a time. Folks before him paved the
way for him to follow and in the same way he
has done the same way for you, even if you
were not aware of it thru the yrs.
I have 2 awesome adult kids with families
of their own all healthy with no addictions.
When I entered recovery 26 yrs ago and
they were little, they grew up knowing
about my addiction to alcohol and my
on going recovery program incorporated
in our lives.
From the very beginning I told them that
if they should ever have problems with
addiction down the road that I would be
there for them to guide them thru the
process of getting healthy and sober if
needed or necessary.
I wanted them to know that addiction
is serious and is nothing to be ashamed of.
Addiction affects sooooo many today
and hasn't changed over the yrs. It's
still as strong as it always was and continues
to take folks out one by one unless they
receive help and knowledge of it so they
can learn to live a healthy, happy successful
lives without addiction.
Your dad I'm guessing will be more accepting
and understanding of your addiction but be
even more grateful to have his daughter living
life in recovery and having this gift of recovery
between the two of you.
I think I would be so disappointed in my
kids if they didn't reach out to me if they
were having trouble. See, we are separated
not only by distance but no communication
due to the lack of understanding between
us.
Because they have no addictions they
will never truly understand my own
alcohol addiction and recovery life.
I always believe that it takes and alcoholic
in recovery to truly understand one and I
have had to accept that fact that is not
possible in my little family.
However, with you, you do have that
extra special gift between you and your
dad.
How cool is that?
It's truly a wonderful blessing.