Here is a link to a nice piece from the Edina paper last week: Still sober. Wow, thanks go to God for His grace and for the second, third, and fourth chances He mercifully gives us in life. A special thanks to Kurt, Mike, Jim, Drew, and Chris. You guys and our brothers and sisters are the stakes who help me on the narrow path. Thanks to the good people at the Veterans Administration. Thanks also to my family and friends who are learning to embrace me as a person in recovery. I am overwhelmingly grateful. - AB |
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Andrew,
By God's grace we are both sober, eh?
Alcoholism is a FAMILY disease and you have not been fair to me and your brother at ALL. To serve a restraining order on a mother you have not even bothered to see in fourteen years (and yes, it is that long and I FEARED returning the United States)is really not showing much reCOVERY. To judge me prior to examination is really quite ignorant.
I have been through hell since I came back from Massachusetts, but your brother came first. I really suffered from making Sophie's Choice and from the hell of being orphaned by the DISEASE. You will probably take this comment off, but people should be aware that my father killed my mother during a BLACKOUT. I worked hard to provide you with a good education and opportunitiess despite the problems I had. I wish that we could recover together as a family.
To have you and my uncle Dale and his wife Shirley continue to put me down without giving me any comfort or hope hurts like hell.
Yes, I did sue your father and lost (so far) - but as an attorney he did have ethical obligations. This "low self esteem" problem your book suggests will be made so much better if you take the time to become wHOLY by owning your own blood.
Otherwise, see you in court April 9th? (although legally that is NOT enforceable).
What were you thinking?
As a sister in the fellowship, I remind you - there is but one authority, a LOVING God. One that asks our families to be restored to wholeness.
My tuppance,
Mom
Who put on her resume that one of my dreams is to hold my grandchildren in my arms.
Please talk ro mw, ao you can understand what I am doing and why.
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