have a better relationship with my dad

An uplifting event occurred in which my father actually took the steps to ending his dependency on alcohol. He went to the doctor and got a prescription for a drug that makes you violently ill if you drink ANY alcohol while on it. The improvement is amazing. He is so much more level headed and calm now. My relationship with my dad feels like it can now be built on a stable foundation. Thank you so much.

My dad has finally stopped drinking for good (I hope) One day out of the blue he just went to the doctor’s and got prescribed a medication that makes one very ill if they drink. He’s been doing so well since then. It’s been really reassuring to realize that he needed to give effort as well, and it wasn’t just mean old me that needed to change. In fact it was mostly him.

My tongue has been enduring a decent amount of biting these days. It’s worth it though. I have to consider my dad as an individual with opinions and reactions that need to be listened to as if he were anyone else. Sometimes he gets on my nerves, but I’m sure I get on his as well, which in my opinion would be even more annoying than an annoying parent.

It’s amazing what a generous amount of land between a daughter and a father can do to a relationship. It’s so much easier to relate with my dad when I’m no longer in the same house with him. I’m not sure if this land is merely a band-aid of our relationship, or a slow mending of it, whichever it is, the salt is no longer being added to our open wound of a father-daughter connection.