AH in Detox
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AH in Detox
Wisconsin's thread just prompted me to give an update. I didn't want to, because, honestly, I'm taking this one day at a time. No fireworks, no calls to the media. It is what it is. So I didn't want to call attention to it.
I'm not going into details, but let it suffice to say that I had nothing to do with it. He ran into someone he had met at an AA meeting a few months ago (the meetings were short-lived and he always went drunk) at a convenience store. He knocked on the guy's car window and said, "I'm still drinking" and the AA guy said, "No sh*t. Tell me when you're ready."
So AH went back to his car, waited 5 minutes, and then went back to his friend's car. The guy rolled down his window, and AH said, "I'm ready." The friend brought him back to the house to pack a bag. He's gone for a few days. We'll see what the Great Insurance Dictators say next. We'll see what AH says next, all in good time. I have no expectations. No hopes. No beliefs. It's all in God's hands. Truly.
I'm not going into details, but let it suffice to say that I had nothing to do with it. He ran into someone he had met at an AA meeting a few months ago (the meetings were short-lived and he always went drunk) at a convenience store. He knocked on the guy's car window and said, "I'm still drinking" and the AA guy said, "No sh*t. Tell me when you're ready."
So AH went back to his car, waited 5 minutes, and then went back to his friend's car. The guy rolled down his window, and AH said, "I'm ready." The friend brought him back to the house to pack a bag. He's gone for a few days. We'll see what the Great Insurance Dictators say next. We'll see what AH says next, all in good time. I have no expectations. No hopes. No beliefs. It's all in God's hands. Truly.
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Solo---
I know you don't want to get excited, or whatever, and I get that! I do!! But, just want to say, give your self the permission to breathe, sigh, and enjoy the peace for now.
BTW.... I love the story. It made me smile. <3
I know you don't want to get excited, or whatever, and I get that! I do!! But, just want to say, give your self the permission to breathe, sigh, and enjoy the peace for now.
BTW.... I love the story. It made me smile. <3
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Originally Posted by SoloMio 
Wisconsin's thread just prompted me to give an update. I didn't want to, because, honestly, I'm taking this one day at a time. No fireworks, no calls to the media. It is what it is. So I didn't want to call attention to it.
I'm not going into details, but let it suffice to say that I had nothing to do with it. He ran into someone he had met at an AA meeting a few months ago (the meetings were short-lived and he always went drunk) at a convenience store. He knocked on the guy's car window and said, "I'm still drinking" and the AA guy said, "No sh*t. Tell me when you're ready."
So AH went back to his car, waited 5 minutes, and then went back to his friend's car. The guy rolled down his window, and AH said, "I'm ready." The friend brought him back to the house to pack a bag. He's gone for a few days. We'll see what the Great Insurance Dictators say next. We'll see what AH says next, all in good time. I have no expectations. No hopes. No beliefs. It's all in God's hands. Truly.
I'm not going into details, but let it suffice to say that I had nothing to do with it. He ran into someone he had met at an AA meeting a few months ago (the meetings were short-lived and he always went drunk) at a convenience store. He knocked on the guy's car window and said, "I'm still drinking" and the AA guy said, "No sh*t. Tell me when you're ready."
So AH went back to his car, waited 5 minutes, and then went back to his friend's car. The guy rolled down his window, and AH said, "I'm ready." The friend brought him back to the house to pack a bag. He's gone for a few days. We'll see what the Great Insurance Dictators say next. We'll see what AH says next, all in good time. I have no expectations. No hopes. No beliefs. It's all in God's hands. Truly.
With that said, since he is detoxing the week before christmas, will he be in rehab over christmas and new years? If not and he is at home, do you have a game plan for yourself and your kids (if they visit again)? I remember your thread about alcohol costs over thanksgiving and I am thinking this might be a good time to re-imagine holiday drinking at your house. Not that everyone needs to or should change, but the timing on this seems parallel to your other concerns.
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Originally Posted by MissFixit
Good for you for staying out of his recovery efforts.
With that said, since he is detoxing the week before christmas, will he be in rehab over christmas and new years? If not and he is at home, do you have a game plan for yourself and your kids (if they visit again)? I remember your thread about alcohol costs over thanksgiving and I am thinking this might be a good time to re-imagine holiday drinking at your house. Not that everyone needs to or should change, but the timing on this seems parallel to your other concerns.
With that said, since he is detoxing the week before christmas, will he be in rehab over christmas and new years? If not and he is at home, do you have a game plan for yourself and your kids (if they visit again)? I remember your thread about alcohol costs over thanksgiving and I am thinking this might be a good time to re-imagine holiday drinking at your house. Not that everyone needs to or should change, but the timing on this seems parallel to your other concerns.
Again.. one day at a time.
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And the moral of the story is, none of us can make that decision for our partners - if they're ready, they're ready and can ask for help from the appropriate people, without our help. Fingers crossed for you that this is The Time :-)
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That's actually semi-promising. Not so much that he's in detox, but that he got there by way of someone carrying the message from AA. I know some people with some pretty long-term sobriety whose stories go along those lines.
Fingers crossed, and try not to worry. Things have a way of working out the way they should.
Fingers crossed, and try not to worry. Things have a way of working out the way they should.
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