Dear Children, I’m Sorry I Missed So Much of Your Childhood Because I Was Drunk
<p>The other day I met with a new therapist. It’s an interesting thing to meet someone new when you have a lengthy history with another therapist.</p>
<p>But the truth is I’m not in the same place as when I first started therapy, and it’s useful to start with someone who only knows me for who I am now. They don’t necessarily need to know how I got here. I will share relevant information, but it’s essentially a fresh start with someone new and objective. We haven’t even started yet, but I can feel things bubbling up from the past.</p>
<p>My kids are without a doubt the most important people in the world to me. Some recent introspection has me feeling sorry for several things, but this hits hard for me right now.</p>
<p>Something I’m suddenly dealing with is the awareness that my kids are growing up right in front of me. Not that I wasn’t aware before, but 18 months into sobriety I’m facing the fact that I wasn’t who I wanted to be for the first 10 years of their lives. I wasn’t really there for them the way I should have been.</p>
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