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re: My Father Died Last Night

Posted on 11/24/18 at 6:29 am to
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
47861 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 6:29 am to
Thinking of you - My father was an honest and good man - I still miss him. He would have won no awards for his parentage - he, too was an alcoholic all his life. Never a mean one - just not interested in me as his son. But I loved him absolutely and still miss him.

He taught me one thing by his example - honesty and competency and helping others. I loved that man and miss him so.

Cherish your thought of your father and his faults will diminish thru the years.

R,I.P. for your dad - and I am thinking of my own as I type this. Thank you.
Posted by zippyputt
Member since Jul 2005
6804 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 8:05 am to
Sorry for your loss and prayers with you and your family.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
162049 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 8:49 am to
Sorry for your loss. alcoholism is a living nightmare. how did he get sober? rehab? I think people are afraid of this treatment as they fear their job will find out.
Posted by Isabelle81
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Member since Sep 2015
2718 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 8:50 am to
Sorry to hear this. Bless you.
Posted by Teton Tiger
Somewhere between here and there.
Member since Mar 2005
3034 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 8:52 am to
Time spent with family. That’s all that matters.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
70551 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 8:53 am to
Holy shite HC. So sorry.
Posted by 756
Member since Sep 2004
15757 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 8:54 am to
so sorry for your loss prayers offered
Posted by Paige
Vice President of the OT
Member since Oct 2010
85617 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 9:29 am to
I’m so sorry for your loss hc. Losing your dad is one of the worst things you can go through

This was my first thanksgiving without mine
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
59116 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 9:46 am to
quote:

alcoholism is a living nightmare. how did he get sober? rehab?

He tried many rehabs that didn't work, once he found out I was pregnant last summer he decided to get his act together. He was broke and nothing to his name, so he went through the Salvation Army rehab program and it changed his life. It was the support he needed. Truly an amazing organization. After discharge they helped him find a place to stay, helped him get a job and he was sober almost 1.5 years. Very proud of him.
Posted by LSUwag
Florida man
Member since Jan 2007
17974 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 9:58 am to
I’m very sorry for your loss.
Posted by 75503Tiger
Member since Sep 2015
4821 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:01 am to
Prayers for you and your family. Glad to hear he found peace before he departed.
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
20628 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:16 am to
God Bless
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve
Member since Aug 2012
16602 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:37 am to
So for your loss.

Cancer sucks. It killed both my parents.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
23659 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:39 am to
Sorry for your loss. Anyone who gives you any crap for this post isn’t worth worrying about.

It’s great he made amends and his last years were good.

Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
17309 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:45 am to
No apologies needed HoustonChick.

I posted about my mom’s death earlier this year. It helps to talk and share stories with other people even if you don’t know us face to face.

Sorry for your loss and remember that your father (although flawed like all of us) will live on in you and your family.
Posted by mikelowery1911
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2009
897 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:48 am to
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Posted by NCDawg52
Atlanta, GA
Member since Dec 2014
3151 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 10:55 am to
OP,

I lost my dad in October. He was also an alcoholic in my childhood. He turned things around later in life and he and I really developed a great relationship. He was a lifer in the sales profession, and some of my fondest memories are calling him on long road trips and picking his brain about different customers. That and Georgia football.

He got the cancer diagnosis early this year and it was downhill from there. Cheers to him and cheers to your dad. Remember the best times.
Posted by okietiger
Chelsea F.C. Fan
Member since Oct 2005
42215 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 11:11 am to
So sorry for your loss.

An alcoholic finding sobriety is a miracle and indictave of a tremendous person.

Also frick cancer.
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 11:14 am to
Sorry for your loss, Miss my best friend ,my Dad, everyday.
Posted by NoHoTiger
So many to kill, so little time
Member since Nov 2006
46092 posts
Posted on 11/24/18 at 11:30 am to
I’m so sorry for your loss. You will all be in my thoughts.
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