-Maggie, I am new, and your posting is old, so I don't know if you
will see this.
Anyways, there is nothing that someone else can do, that is or was,
your fault.
Threatening to kill himself is a cruel manipulation.
This was a long time ago, so I hope things are better for you now..
Cara






-- In Recovery-World-Al-Anon@yahoogroups.com, "mystwyngz"
<mystwyngz@...> wrote:
>
> My name is Maggie Dailey and this is my first post here.My stepdad is
> an alchoholic and he recently moved out.He was becoming verbally
> abusive towards me and it really hurts me to know that the man that I
> called dad for so many years is doing something so stupid.Even though
> he has moved out,he is calling and threatening to kill himself.I am so
> scared that one day the phone will ring and it will be the coroner
> telling me that he killed himself.I know that I don't have any control
> over his drinking.I live with my mother and my younger sister in
> Lafayette Louisiana and am unable to get to meetings because I cannot
> drive.
>