Back when all that happened, neither of us understood that alcoholism is a disease and not a character failing.
The alcoholism intensified as part of a stress reaction to other relationship communication problems we already had. And that point, he had done extensive damage to both of us I could not easily forgive him for.
The person that got him to go to AA was a blank slate for him, and a recovering alcoholic who understood what he was going through-- I’ve never even drank alcohol my whole entire life because I’ve never liked the taste, so I could not relate to him.
We’re great friends today because we extended each other grace, simple as that.
It wasn’t implied. I simply did not.
Back when all that happened, neither of us understood that alcoholism is a disease and not a character failing.
The alcoholism intensified as part of a stress reaction to other relationship communication problems we already had. And that point, he had done extensive damage to both of us I could not easily forgive him for.
The person that got him to go to AA was a blank slate for him, and a recovering alcoholic who understood what he was going through-- I’ve never even drank alcohol my whole entire life because I’ve never liked the taste, so I could not relate to him.
We’re great friends today because we extended each other grace, simple as that.