DAILY REFLECTIONS for September 26th

OUR CHILDREN

The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children. … In time they will see that he is a new man and in their own way they will let him know it. … From that point on, progress will be rapid. Marvelous results often follow such a reunion.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Page 134

While on the road to recovery I received a gift that could not be purchased. It was a card from my son in college, saying, "Dad, you can't imagine how glad I am that everything is okay. Happy Birthday, I love you." My son had told me that he loved me before. It had been during the previous Christmas holidays, when he had said to me, while crying, "Dad, I love you! Can't you see what you're doing to yourself?" I couldn't. Choked with emotion, I had cried, but this time, when I received my son's card, my tears were tears of joy, not desperation.

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