While all these changes were occurring in me, my husband continued to drink excessively. He seemed not to notice these changes, although some of them made him very uncomfortable. For a time, things got worse, not better. I was told to persevere, and, thankfully, with the help of my loving sponsor and Al-Anon friends, I did. Eventually, he saw the need to seek help for himself.
Life goes on and life lessons go on.
Our God is a God of love, and we both believe that God's love is the only enduring reality, and is the healing power. We have found it to be a most rewarding way of life, reaping benefits we couldn't have imagined. We know a new freedom and a new happiness most of the time, individually and together. We have much to be grateful for in our lives. Reprinted from Texas Bar Journal , March 1995.