Today let’s talk about recovery is hard work.
It is – it just is!
Growing up as a child with an alcoholic and violent father was not a path I chose. Yet as an adult I was left with the effects of it, and there was just no way around that. It was now my problem, and I began to see the results of my childhood in every aspect of my adult world. If I continued to ignore the problem, I knew it was going to lead to many health problems and eventually early death, which I had just seen happen to my Dad. Working through those issues was a life or death situation – but it still took a lot of hard work. It has been really tough at times, but seeing the freedom on the other side has made it all worthwhile.
Have you ever felt like recovery was really a hard proposition?
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Dan L. Hays offers encouragement for adult children of alcoholics.
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