I rcvd the 2nd best birthday gift today. My 1st was being born to my beloved parents.
Found out a few minutes ago that my oldest brother achieved his 1 year of sobriety.
I know first hand what a difficult path it is, As I and my middle brother us 3 all have addictions, addictive behaviours.
My beloved Poppa was an alcoholic most of my life. He mixed alcohol with drugs. Grateful that I got my Poppa back.
His last 5yrs were sober. Fought and beat cancer twice. First colon, then Stage IV lung cancer.
The lung cancer is what caught up to him due to having one lung. He got severe pneumonia back 2014.
With one lung his fight was limited. Had 2 blood clots that caused heart attacks. Then as a family made one of the most difficult collective decisions to date to remove his life support in the ICU.
Being a Priest and Missionary for an Addiction Recovery Program has allowed myself to achieve a sober way of life for 2 decades.
July 31st I will start a new milestone in my life, my 21st yr of sober living.
All Glory, honour goes to God and Jesus Christ. Without them I am nothing.
Another gift from my oldest brother is that within the last 6 months he has become based as HELL!
Awakened to the utter bull shite that has been going on in this nation and world. He shares and puts out some terrifc truths of lies of the DS and fake news.
He lives in California and a stauch conservative. His views have gotten more Christ centered.
Do unto others, to bring peace, joy, and love with whom we interact on a daily basis.
His is FULLY awakened. Drugs and alcohol kept him in a stupor of not given one shite for anything in the world.
Having him woke, based in the truths of the greatest battle of our time, and sober makes his baby brother weep tears of utmost joy.
Truly.......
We We Go 1 We Go All
I hear you and completely understand. My parents enabled my brother's addiction for years while he still lived at home in his early 20s. Now he's nearly 50.
He was sober for about 4 years and turned the addictive behavior to working out. He got buff as hell going to the gym twice a day and literally got to below 9% body fat. For a 6'1" man, he looked odd... like skin stretched over a mass of muscles and bone. Then, he threw out his back. Immediately went back to booze and has been there since for about the last decade.
You're so right about finding the root cause of the behavior. I'm talking with him later on today and will mention our chat here. Thanks for sharing your story and taking the time to chat with me! And congrats again on your brother's news!