There is nothing I can do but pray. My daughter is in a bad way, has been for awhile. I feel helpless. I know what she can use but I have no idea how she is going to get it. I want to help, but I can’t easily. I can just be there when and if she comes to me. All I can do is pray. I know in my own life things did not turn around until I hit bottom. She is close and I can’t help her. The only thing I can do is get on my knees. That is the only thing I can do: get on my knees.
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I can’t save him. I know someone who is struggling with alcoholism. He is at a turning point. He has to make the decision whether he wants to live or die. I can encourage him but that is it. It is his fight. Ultimately, he has to take the steps necessary to break the addiction alcohol has on him. It will be baby steps at first but every major change in a person’s life started that way. Maybe, I can steer him in the right direction but that is about it. I can’t save him. He is the only person who can do that. He has to want change in his life bad enough. Going backwards has to be totally unacceptable. Sometimes you just have to hit bottom before you can go up. He is there but does he want it enough. We will see.
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