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Mar 18, 2011, 04:03 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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Hi Elana ~ All you're ever going to get from your Dad is broken promises. You should be used to that by now.  An alcoholic never keeps his word. He can't REMEMBER what he said! Take it from a recovering alcoholic ~ they'll say something one day, and wake up and not remember a thing from the previous day. 
It does no good to carry around these resentments for your Dad. All it does is make YOU sick. "Resentment is the poison I take to kill you." Makes sense -- we take the beating because the people we resent don't even KNOW we're resenting them!! And chances are, they wouldn't even care. So don't let him live rent-free in your head. It just makes you nuts.  Like Jadedmoonbeam said, keep your expectations low and you won't get so hurt.
Take care of yourself, and live a good life! Hugs, Lee
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