Nice work as always, DS (or whoever you are these days-don't know or understand why you reset your post counter, but I gave up trying to understand you a long time ago). I agree with you about dads. I used to be very angry with mine for driving me so hard. However, in retrospect, I came to grips with the reality that he was just doing his best and that he always did the right thing: I often needed a boot up my ass in order to perform well. I was a bit lazy and thought that I could scrape by on pure talent, which is utter bullshit since the hard working routinely outperform the talented. I made peace with all of that and now realize that my dad is the finest man who I have ever known. I "forgave" him, and in so doing, I forgave myself for holding onto such a warped view of the past for so long. I like it much better this way. When the dark cloud of anger and hatred lifted, I could see clearly again and liked what I saw very much. Of course, I had to get clean in order for that all to happen, which was yet another benefit of that effort.
