tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post2899196803301122552..comments2023-05-14T05:12:37.646-07:00Comments on Keeping Up with the Chaos: A Day in the Life {Addiction from the other side}Mirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15291434404232335130noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-65404249370019071982015-12-07T16:46:13.236-08:002015-12-07T16:46:13.236-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09450483100883669017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-23002574101447681722015-12-03T07:16:54.200-08:002015-12-03T07:16:54.200-08:00Love you Connie! Always enjoy hearing from you. Love you Connie! Always enjoy hearing from you. Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291434404232335130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-69489832243377662192015-12-03T07:16:29.952-08:002015-12-03T07:16:29.952-08:00Thank you for your kind words, and for reading :)Thank you for your kind words, and for reading :)Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291434404232335130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-87321836992728399202015-12-03T05:01:34.289-08:002015-12-03T05:01:34.289-08:00Love this so much ❤️Love this so much ❤️Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291434404232335130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-40532259496147595392015-12-03T04:49:41.156-08:002015-12-03T04:49:41.156-08:00A friend of mine shared your link. You've beau...A friend of mine shared your link. You've beautifully, beautifully expressed what I know is so hard to communicate. I'm thankful how God uses our stories for His glory. Thank you so much for sharing!Charis Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199090990410292913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-79405898863770490422015-12-03T03:30:10.964-08:002015-12-03T03:30:10.964-08:00Mark is one month and one day sober. Thank you fo...Mark is one month and one day sober. Thank you for your beautiful, eloquent, and wise words. Sending love. ~Jess M.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444990983812042565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474604944982668518.post-75934085274777846212015-12-02T21:32:39.760-08:002015-12-02T21:32:39.760-08:00Miranda I grew up in a home dominated by addiction...Miranda I grew up in a home dominated by addiction, my heart is with you. My Daddy struggled with alcohol from early thirties (probably younger but it was still something he could "hide" ) I know the pain, the embarrassment, the feeling of guilt..."maybe if I was a better daughter, maybe if I hugged him more. There was 5 years of sobriety with AA from my 18th year to my 23rd when I was expecting my second child. Stress of growing his business, trips away from home, not sure what triggered the relapse. At 47 he never again gave up alcohol , other than a week or 2 at a time, until age 60. He died at 76 sober almost 17 years . So proud ! He told me once that he tried to stop for my Mom, for us, for his business etc but when he went into rehab at age 60 he realized it had to be for him. I felt so blessed to have those years to know my Daddy free of alcohol. You are so right about no one choosing addiction. My Daddy was hard working and even with a childhood of poverty due to losing his Dad at 10 months in the 1918 flu epidemic ,the big Depression, leaving school at 12 , he built a business of 7 Peanut/Candy Shops and a Restaurant in Va. & N.C. He was strong in every area of his life except his addiction. We were a "yours, mine, and ours " family. :-) the 4 of us sharing Daddy's DNA have had various issues to deal with due to our childhood. My oldest brother , like my Daddy, struggled with alcohol most of his adult life. And, like my Dad he was bright, handsome and fearless enough to jump out of airplanes as an Army paratrooper. He was an engineer with TVA till he retired. He died at 67. Of his 5 sons , 2 struggle. It is a disease , though many say it's not. That, it is a matter of self control. Even those of us who are living (or lived ) through it get so tired and angry we believe it IS their choice! "If you loved me/us, you wouldn't do this. You would stop ". I am sorry for sharing so much but it is such a blessing to know this is a subject that can be discussed today. And that people are understanding more about addiction, especially the legal drug alcohol. I got through it by keeping secrets. When my life became extremely difficult due to divorce, later a job change, broken relationship, I went for counseling and entered a group called Adult Children of Alcoholics....ACA. If there are groups still functioning I recommend it . Bless you Miranda for opening a door kept closed for too long. Love youConniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10477647617583442198noreply@blogger.com