Dear All,
When I first started my posts almost four years ago, I had come out of a terrible dilemma with one of my brothers. He had taken me for a complete rid for about 7 months and I was very upset when we fell out. However, it forced me to address issues that I had with my family situation and my life improved. It improved my awareness around alcohol so much that I realised that I also had a problem and I am now a double winner. My brother went to stay with another brother and for a while all family members were mad with me for having thrown him out for being chronically drunk in my home during the day while I was waiting for my son to come home from school. After a while they realised he was ill and I had enough alanon tools thanks to my higher power to be graceful about certain things. I have enjoyed a loving relationship with the brother who took him in over the last year and a half so much so that I rang him this evening to invite him to an event that I am involved in and arranged to stay with him. Apparently my A-brother absconded to England at Christmas and had deteriorated quite badly, not eating etc. I am going to say a prayer for him tonight and had him over to his HP and hand it over to my HP as no human power can stop him. My other brother is really upset and I think I helped with my attitude which was one of kindness and forgiveness rather than bitterness and confusion. I really hope my A-brother gets help and have my red book for meeting in England if he does. Thinking of you all and reading everyone else's posts has really helped me over the years in awareness, recovery and forgiveness.