Ann–have you read any books about adult children of alcoholics? A friend forced me to read one (after insisting I read Prince of Tides to understand the affect of denial), and it really did change my life for the better.
The most important thing to come of it, however, was the God-led ability to really think and pray through all the disappointments in my life that came from my dad’s alcoholism. No other members of my family would touch the book, and continued to “deal with it,” for ever, really, but it helped me forgive my father and learn to relate to him better without bitterness and anger. There were plenty of disappointments, of course, but the fact I worked through my relationship issues meant that when my mother died and my father fell apart, I was able to handle it better than my siblings.
My father never admitted the drinking “issue,” and while he was forced to change his ways, the fall out from it affected always affected members of my family. We started talking about it only in the last years of his life and by then it was nearly too late.
You may already have done this, but it’s important to learn how to love parents like this despite their failings. It helped me. Contact me for more information.
Thank You for the routine blessings of the day and night and for those special things You do for us just to make Your personal love and care show for us as Your individual creations. You know our individual needs and wants even before we share them. This new day before the dawn I ask for You to amaze us once again with the healing power of Jesus. Please may His healing touch soothe away the pain and soreness in Michelle’s body. She takes good care of her body, Your holy temple. Please restore it supernaturally as only You have the power to do if it is Your will to show Your power in this way. I ask also that You would guide Michelle through the words, every inch of every sentence, that she needs to edit. Also, help her helpers in the process. Thank You for the significant difference Your wisdom and guidance makes to all our earthly endeavors and callings.
Please, Lord, help Annms’s brother M. He continues to be tormented and needs Your divine help to conquer the distress he continually experience. We cry out to You to do something to bring him and his family members relief. Please do take hold of Annms’s mother and let her have a true look at herself and her condition. You know what it takes for truth to shock her into seeking treatment. Please give her vision of the beauty of her life when alcohol free. Give her desire in her heart to live out her days in the best way. Show her the wholeness she can have with You that alcohol can never give. Please help reconcile damaged relationships that alcohol has brought to ruin. Show Your new life powers in this beloved yet broken lady’s life. Please fix her day by day so she can know eternity with You and family. I pray in Jesus’ name.
Wandering Views 
Manageable but still painful ribs from Friday’s fall, will probably skip dancing all week. 😦
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😦 Praying it heals quickly and you’ll be putting on your dancing shoes by next week.
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Prayers for my brother, Mike, please.
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Prayers for my mom, that she would admit she has a problem with drinking and get the help she needs.
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Ann–have you read any books about adult children of alcoholics? A friend forced me to read one (after insisting I read Prince of Tides to understand the affect of denial), and it really did change my life for the better.
The most important thing to come of it, however, was the God-led ability to really think and pray through all the disappointments in my life that came from my dad’s alcoholism. No other members of my family would touch the book, and continued to “deal with it,” for ever, really, but it helped me forgive my father and learn to relate to him better without bitterness and anger. There were plenty of disappointments, of course, but the fact I worked through my relationship issues meant that when my mother died and my father fell apart, I was able to handle it better than my siblings.
My father never admitted the drinking “issue,” and while he was forced to change his ways, the fall out from it affected always affected members of my family. We started talking about it only in the last years of his life and by then it was nearly too late.
You may already have done this, but it’s important to learn how to love parents like this despite their failings. It helped me. Contact me for more information.
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Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the routine blessings of the day and night and for those special things You do for us just to make Your personal love and care show for us as Your individual creations. You know our individual needs and wants even before we share them. This new day before the dawn I ask for You to amaze us once again with the healing power of Jesus. Please may His healing touch soothe away the pain and soreness in Michelle’s body. She takes good care of her body, Your holy temple. Please restore it supernaturally as only You have the power to do if it is Your will to show Your power in this way. I ask also that You would guide Michelle through the words, every inch of every sentence, that she needs to edit. Also, help her helpers in the process. Thank You for the significant difference Your wisdom and guidance makes to all our earthly endeavors and callings.
Please, Lord, help Annms’s brother M. He continues to be tormented and needs Your divine help to conquer the distress he continually experience. We cry out to You to do something to bring him and his family members relief. Please do take hold of Annms’s mother and let her have a true look at herself and her condition. You know what it takes for truth to shock her into seeking treatment. Please give her vision of the beauty of her life when alcohol free. Give her desire in her heart to live out her days in the best way. Show her the wholeness she can have with You that alcohol can never give. Please help reconcile damaged relationships that alcohol has brought to ruin. Show Your new life powers in this beloved yet broken lady’s life. Please fix her day by day so she can know eternity with You and family. I pray in Jesus’ name.
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