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December 10, 2005, 10:54 pm PST
 Quote From: vanessa1 Hello
Hope you still there. I have just recently joined this webite and came across your e-mail. My dad drinks too. My mom passed away 4 years ago from cancer and things went from bad to worse! My dad drank every day. I felt it was my resposibility to look after him, so I left my home and my fiance and moved in with my dad. Needless to say this did not help. He would threaten to kill himself and sit there with the gun in his hand. Time after time I would try talk him out of it. I never dealt with my own pain as I felt that I need to be strong for him. The only thing that kept me sane was the thought that my mom was with my brother and sister in heaven. My mom went through alot of pain in her life and she would no longer need to feel that pain. I thought I would die with out my mom - I could not imagiine taking another breath without her in my life.
That was my life 4 years ago.
Today ,I am back with my fiance and we have a beautiful baby girl - nearly 10 months old. She is the light of my dads life ( and ours) and I she keeps him going. Dont get me wrong - he still drinks nearly every day. Only thing is now he has a beautiful warm smile to come home to ( we are all staying with him now!)
I have still not dealt with the pain of losing my mom - I try no to think about it.. I am grateful for every day I have with my family. As "they" say what does not kill you makes you a stronger person!
What I do know is that alcohol only makes situations alot worse.
I was feeling very alone at the time that I wrote that letter and didn't think anyone was going to respond and when I finally came back to check I was very pleased that you did. Since I wrote that letter my father has quit drinking and just taking it one day at a time and so am I. I convinced him to do some detoxing with me to cleanse all the impurities out of our bodies and we've been losing pounds together and having a lot of fun exercising together. He's in pretty good shape for a 71 year old guy. My mother is one year behind him and she also quit drinking and was watching us having fun exercising everyday and has since joined in on the fun. Thanks again for responding and I hope everything is well with you. Take care of you and yours. Linda |
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