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October 25, 2007, 1:31 pm PDT

10/25 Policing the Parents

Quote From: riqyboy

being an alcoholic myself it is easy to understand what this guy is saying. i have done many of the same things he has and have even drank the same type of beer that he has drunk. it is not easy to think that you can turn a switch and your clean. you will always have a craving. i've had 10 years sobriety and went back. i am now seperated and living alone. imagine the thoughts that go through your head at the lowest part of your life. it's not that we dont want to quit it's that it feels there are many factors working against you. imagine watching a football or baseball game without being bombarded with beer commercials for one example. i feel that things work against those who are truly challenged with this problem.

I understand that there are many factors running against you - from going out to dinner to the commercials that fill the airwaves and that its hard work to stay sober.  THis guy has been living with an enabler who brought her two daughters up to be enablers -- even on the show the 14 year old said they need help and not the kind where the insurance company yanks him out of rehab after 9 days - cause you see its the insurance company's fault for not giving him the help he needed - nevermind that it was his 6th attempt at rehab. My own brother is sober 15 years - and its hard - its hard on the entire family - but its well worth it. Neither the mother or the father wanted to do the real hard work towards a sober family - they left two kids there to try and do it for them. That's the shame here - two kids are paying the heaviest price.

 


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