Hi Everyone, my name is slogan_jim and I am a grateful member of Al-Anon.

Today, I received a call from my father. He hadn't been to work in the last little while and today he said he went to go see his doctor. His doctor put him on anti-depressant medication because he is depressed. he called to tell me that he's just keeping me up to speed with what's going on, that he'll be on short-term disability for the next 2-4 weeks.

When he told me, I felt 0 sense on urgency. My reaction was 'Ok.....so is that all?' I was comepletely detached. I am also extrmelly blessed that I live on my own.

What concerns me is that he will now be drinking while taking anti-depressant medication. He has a vacation booked in cuba later this month that he already paid for. That is just going to be a giant mess. I pray for the person that agreed to go with him, who happens to be the owner of his local watering hole.

My father was always a very proud man. His father never worked and he always prides himself on the notion that he's always worked. I notice a positive change in his rhetoric lately. it used to be 'why me?, I work hard, I pay my bills, I raised 2 kids, I have a right to drink, you havn't lived my life'......now we're hearing 'I'm sorry, you guys have been through so much, i want to change'. Now I've heard this song and dance before, but I consider this a step in the right direction. Howevrer, it still wouldn't surprise me if he didn't retunr to work at all and this hiatus, made things really worse, hence decending further into rock bottom.

I was going to go to a meeting tonight but a friend phoned and asked that we hang out. I reached out to my sponsor and left a v/m to have coffee tmrw.

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