Have you talked to anybody professionally?
I'm sure that there are Forums (Support Forums) out there that can probably offer you better insight and/or answers than what you can find here. There are probably a lot of really good ways to deal with, or cope with the issues/problems that you are and will be facing, and one of those forums can probably offer you more of what you are looking for.
Just my 2 cents, and I wish you and your Dad all the best with this.
I'm sure that there are Forums (Support Forums) out there that can probably offer you better insight and/or answers than what you can find here. There are probably a lot of really good ways to deal with, or cope with the issues/problems that you are and will be facing, and one of those forums can probably offer you more of what you are looking for.
Just my 2 cents, and I wish you and your Dad all the best with this.
Mike was 54. He worked for Alcoa in a plant that made certain types of glass. He was a team leader and was well respected. The temperature in that plant was rarely below 120 degrees. It was worse in the summer. The autopsy revealed that most of his organs were just about fried. I believe he knew he was dying. A combination of the heat and daily heavy drinking killed Mike.
My Dad was an alcoholic most of his life. He and my Mom divorced when I was 2, so he wasn't much of a Dad at all until he finally committed himself into a rehab program late in his life. He was about 50 when he stopped drinking and then we got close and I finally got to know my real Dad instead of the drunk I always saw growing up. Unfortunately he got colon cancer and died when he was 62.
