06-02-08
Today my client completed his 2nd step and is preparing for the 3rd next week. He is an agreeable fellow. Passive is more like it. He is 30 days sober and his “pink 7!” is high. I encouraged him to be realistic in his expectations for recovery! All is not as it seems! (It will get worse before it gets better!) I didn’t have the heart to explain this to him. He should be allowed to enjoy his peace for a bit anyway!
As time passes and he must work his program the realities will begin to appear. Relationships will be a challenge as he begins to think his opinion counts! (She has been running things for so long, no doubt, she will resist his attempts to assert his influence in their lives! Men all do that!) She will resist as he has made a mess of things and she will no doubt tell him of it!
The party begins! Stay tuned!
Howard Denny (CASAC RET)