האלכוהוליסט עלול להתקשות ביצירת קשרי חברוּת מחודשים עם ילדיו… בחלוף הזמן ייווכחו הילדים שאבא הוא אדם חדש ובדרכם שלהם יתנו לו להבין זאת… משם ואילך תהיה ההתקדמות מהירה. איחוד מחדש כזה מביא לעתים קרובות לתוצאות נפלאות.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 134
While on the road to recovery I received a gift that could not be purchased. It was a card from my son in college, saying, "Dad, you can't imagine how glad I am that everything is okay. Happy Birthday, I love you." My son had told me that he loved me before. It had been during the previous Christmas holidays, when he had said to me, while crying, "Dad, I love you! Can't you see what you're doing to yourself?" I couldn't. Choked with emotion, I had cried, but this time, when I received my son's card, my tears were tears of joy, not desperation.