Reply #7: I talked to him

[ismnotwasm]

He says "I can't stop drinking" all the other wreckage seems to be secondary to that, which is actually a good sign. A typical Alcoholic, he hasn't done any of the things he said he was going to, but he sounds, well, closer, if that makes sense. He said "I'm sorry I've been a bad son" I said "you're not a bad son", but I didn't go further, than that just yet. He needs a good 12 stepping and if he keeps dilly dallying, that's just what we'll do. How could I deny my own son what I give others? I wouldn't do it myself of course.

Rather than the depair I felt earlier, I remembered all the faces of good recovery I'm so lucky to know, the ones more than willing to reach out the hand to this suffering alcoholic. If my son makes it to AA, as he will (staying sober is another question) all those faces will be there, more than willing to help.