Colin if you don't do it for no other reason, do it for yourself! In a long-run family will slowly make their way back into your life. You can't put a time and date on it because everyone heals differently. Remember that you have a purpose in life and you must fulfill it. At the end of the day ask yourself what kind of person do you want to be remember as? Your time hasn't ran out as of yet. It's plenty of time to turn your life around and make it what you want it to be. Once you complete your goal, you'll be surprise of who will gravitate towards you and wanna be apart of your movement. YOU MUST MAKE AN EFFORT! GOODLUCK
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Work on your condition which is alcoholism, and all those situations will fix themselves. I promise.
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Truth… fall in love with you… everything else will fall gently into place; I mean… gently is relative… sometimes it’s like a flash flood and everything feels like it’s tumbling end over end, rocks and debris… but then it settles. Regardless, you have you, so be kind to you. You are clearly doing well, it’s just a bit of debris… a “little” turbulence…
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I’m willing to chat with you one on one if you like ? I understand you and I’m right there too. I’m in this sadness and no one real gets it. My coping mechanism (Alcohol) is gone from my life which is good right? But I just am not happy
A few possible issues that I see with your statement, and again, POSSIBLE, so please understand I'm not saying that you are wrong however having battled with sobriety for more than two decades I have learned quite a bit especially in the last 10 years as I one by one became Victorious first with alcohol, then my DOC (I suffer from INTENSE chronic pain). And just recently tobacco and unhealthy food...
One, you are fighting for sobriety for the wrong reason. Primary reason should be to better yourself, your health your mind body and soul. The second problem I see is that as you stated "on your terms."
Now if you live by yourself and don't expect to need any help from your parents ever again in life by all means do things on your terms, however...
A little more detail could prove helpful, assuming you are comfortable Colin?
We’re nothing if not transparent. Ask away
That is your alcoholic brain talking to you!
There isn’t anything you’ve done or experienced that three or four of us have not done or experienced and I hope you get to see that is a true statement.