Today is the day........ and I have to say I am really proud. My dad is officially detoxing in rehab for alcohol. The detox part will take a few days and I'm sure won't be pretty, and then inpatient rehab for 21 days. Then, outpatient treatment forever. It is a relief. I worry I about him even though he doesn't want me too. I can't take the thought of losing another parent. I'm proud of him for being able to admit he has a problem and taking steps to fix the problem completely on his own, with our support. The place he's at has a 93% success rate so we are very hopeful that this will be successful. It's hard to say how long alcohol has been a problem and it doesn't matter, but my mom getting extremely ill and then passing was just too much for him. For us all.
"If you share your pain you cut it in half, if you don't you double it." -Unknown
Maybe that's why I pour my heart out to you. Maybe that's why my dad is where he is. I'm hoping to hear from him by the weekend after the worse is over. Then, at some point I'll be able to visit him and have family therapy sessions. It is a good day. Life is hard so we must be strong and carry on, right? Or be weak and crumble, but only on occasion-and hopefully not in front of people. If you can send positive thoughts our way. I'll let you know how he's doing soon.
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