Dixee
02-22-2005, 01:11 PM
Hi
I tried to post this as a reply in the intro thread..but I kept getting database error messages. hmmmmmm So I thought I would just create a new thread and here I am.
I'm Dixee...from Alabama and my younger brother Thomas is in prison in Elmore CF in Alabama. Thomas is not new to the prison system...he is 36 and has spent most of his adult life locked up...all alcohol related offences.
Thomas doesnt think he has an alcohol problem...according to him he has a drinking and driving problem. *sigh*
His release date is Jan 2006...he was given a fairly short sentence considering he is a repeat offender.
I try to discuss alchohol with him and its like beating my head against a brick wall. I have thought about walking away...but I cant do that.
I go see Thomas every other sunday when i can...i send 3-4 letters a week and I send $$ to help him get by. I'll always be here for him...and support him and stand by him..even when he makes bad decisions. I just hate to see him locked up repeatedly.
I am thrilled that I stumbled across this site/group. It helps to know there are others in the same boat..that understand what we as families go thru when a loved one is locked up. Friends try to help...but i think unless they have been in this situation..they dont truly understand.
When a loved one goes to prison..we all suffer. Its almost like part of me is locked up with him..and it is.
I just visit when i can..send what i can...count the days til he is back home again...and most of all...Keep the faith!
I look forward to reading your posts and leaving some of my own
Take care everyone
Dixee
I tried to post this as a reply in the intro thread..but I kept getting database error messages. hmmmmmm So I thought I would just create a new thread and here I am.
I'm Dixee...from Alabama and my younger brother Thomas is in prison in Elmore CF in Alabama. Thomas is not new to the prison system...he is 36 and has spent most of his adult life locked up...all alcohol related offences.
Thomas doesnt think he has an alcohol problem...according to him he has a drinking and driving problem. *sigh*
His release date is Jan 2006...he was given a fairly short sentence considering he is a repeat offender.
I try to discuss alchohol with him and its like beating my head against a brick wall. I have thought about walking away...but I cant do that.
I go see Thomas every other sunday when i can...i send 3-4 letters a week and I send $$ to help him get by. I'll always be here for him...and support him and stand by him..even when he makes bad decisions. I just hate to see him locked up repeatedly.
I am thrilled that I stumbled across this site/group. It helps to know there are others in the same boat..that understand what we as families go thru when a loved one is locked up. Friends try to help...but i think unless they have been in this situation..they dont truly understand.
When a loved one goes to prison..we all suffer. Its almost like part of me is locked up with him..and it is.
I just visit when i can..send what i can...count the days til he is back home again...and most of all...Keep the faith!
I look forward to reading your posts and leaving some of my own
Take care everyone
Dixee