Son of the Brush by Tim Olsen

Author:Tim Olsen [Olsen, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2020-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

During my father’s childhood in the 1930s, the Bondi Pavilion had a ballroom and a cabaret room where Dad’s parents attended parties and Harry would drink to excess. Now I go there every morning to attend AA meetings. The irony is not lost on me.

When I got sober, the clarity was both enlightening and frightening. Finally facing the truth of my past mistakes and behaviour was highly confronting. The only way to dissipate the shame was to accept it as a learning experience, apologise and make amends where I could. Finally I was able to make sense of things and realise how interesting and great my life had actually been. Getting sober was the best way for me to stop being a self-saboteur, an obstacle to my own happiness. For me, it was simple: I can have alcohol, or I can have everything. In technicolour.

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