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I rarely drink since my father's heart ordeals
a couple of years back
I don't really miss it, saves me some decent money too
every so often I do think about
My dad is an alcoholic & in denial, he would drink if I allowed it in my house
even after being told several times, by all his Drs
after several incidents/heart attacks & other health bs...
It's all from abusing alcohol (it's getting old too),
from him sitting alone, just getting hammered
His newest condition is 'diverticulitis' a condition in his intestines
now I have to feed him a special diet now too
& his blader doesn't work now,
so he has to have a 'foley catheter'
for the rest of his life
along with a bout of 'stenosis' was what put him in the ER this last time
on an RV trip to Arroyo Grande/Pismo Beach area
(brought on by excessive alcohol abuse/drinking his swollen liver & blader
both enflamed & putting pressure on his lower-spin, excruciating back pain
all caused by a 3 week of alcohol binge on an RV trip last March/April)
He orginally had 'Cardioalcoholmyopathy', when he was 82 (IIRC)
from 60+years of a qt. of booze a day/or more, boozing...
He also still claims/claimed he didn't have an alcohol problem...
Back a couple years he had to have a
'quadruple bypass & a valve was replaced'
a couple of years back, afterwords it took more than 6 months of rehab
for him to walk again
after them having to keep him medically induced & under,
from shaking like crazy in detox, afraid he split the chest staples, other interior stiches
'from the withdrawals from/of alcohol'...
His body had to relearn, to walk, speak, eat & gain strength back again,
he's weak as hell still...
It affects my life now, since I'm his caregiver & have been for about 15 years now...
It ain't worth it
so I just don't have it here
I'd rather him stay off the stuff, than me be on it
such is life
I still drink rarely, I do have self-control, I don't drink to get drunk
I like the taste & I will usually only do it socially, never alone
& just not around my dad or when he's not around
I may have one with my neighbor, or a beer here or there
or one with my Aunt or my cousin upcountry etc.
but;
since dad's with me constantly, I rarely imbibe/partake anymore...
a couple of years back
I don't really miss it, saves me some decent money too
every so often I do think about
My dad is an alcoholic & in denial, he would drink if I allowed it in my house
even after being told several times, by all his Drs
after several incidents/heart attacks & other health bs...
It's all from abusing alcohol (it's getting old too),
from him sitting alone, just getting hammered
His newest condition is 'diverticulitis' a condition in his intestines
now I have to feed him a special diet now too
& his blader doesn't work now,
so he has to have a 'foley catheter'
for the rest of his life
along with a bout of 'stenosis' was what put him in the ER this last time
on an RV trip to Arroyo Grande/Pismo Beach area
(brought on by excessive alcohol abuse/drinking his swollen liver & blader
both enflamed & putting pressure on his lower-spin, excruciating back pain
all caused by a 3 week of alcohol binge on an RV trip last March/April)
He orginally had 'Cardioalcoholmyopathy', when he was 82 (IIRC)
from 60+years of a qt. of booze a day/or more, boozing...
He also still claims/claimed he didn't have an alcohol problem...
Back a couple years he had to have a
'quadruple bypass & a valve was replaced'
a couple of years back, afterwords it took more than 6 months of rehab
for him to walk again
after them having to keep him medically induced & under,
from shaking like crazy in detox, afraid he split the chest staples, other interior stiches
'from the withdrawals from/of alcohol'...
His body had to relearn, to walk, speak, eat & gain strength back again,
he's weak as hell still...
It affects my life now, since I'm his caregiver & have been for about 15 years now...
It ain't worth it
so I just don't have it here
I'd rather him stay off the stuff, than me be on it
such is life
I still drink rarely, I do have self-control, I don't drink to get drunk
I like the taste & I will usually only do it socially, never alone
& just not around my dad or when he's not around
I may have one with my neighbor, or a beer here or there
or one with my Aunt or my cousin upcountry etc.
but;
since dad's with me constantly, I rarely imbibe/partake anymore...