I challenge you to suggest just one reasonable new years resolution that you and others could achieve.
I'll start:
Visit relatives at times other than special occasions like Christmas or sad events like hospital stays or funerals.
At the end of the year, we can see how we did.
I’ve tried to call my dad.
He don’t pick up or ever call back.
He’s probably dead. What are you gonna do?!
I’m all about my wife and kids.
Circle the wagons!!!
Fuck it.
I never knew my father, so I 100% get this. It’s all about the wife and kids.
shareI’m sorry, I know some of your story and it’s hurtful Andy. But the hurdles you made it past turned you into a champion.
I heard a guy interviewed on the radio about his estranged brother, he said he reached out and it was a good, healing experience.
I tried, I honestly did.
But some people are just dead, even if they are still walking around.
This is why I don’t regret the past - I’m very happy where I ended up.
shareIf you are an addict, get sober.
There is help out there.
The movie Clean and Sober from 1988 with Michael Keaton is an excellent movie about addiction and if you haven't seen it, I recommend you track it down and give it a watch.
Here is one scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9mM2EZiVwo
To not hate myself everyday.
shareThis makes me so sad to read, Sis. I'm very hard on myself, too, though. We're our own worst critics. Hugs to you.
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shareWell if you want, we can all chip in and hate you on the days that you're too tired to do it yourself.
Tomorrow, take it easy and know that your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.