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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not going to tell you to MYOB, but denial is denial, and you can't make him take care of himself.  You can't make someone else quit smoking, lose weight, take care of themself, or really do anything.  You have to decide whether you want a relationship with him that involves more than just this issue.[/quote]

I agree with this. If taking good care of yourself were that simple would anyone be overweight? Would anyone smoke? I know of two people who have parents with very VERY serious diabetes conditions--one is my employee whose mom has had a foot amputated and chronically in and out of the hospital (she is also morbidly obese) and the other one is my sister's BFF's father who drinks like a fish even though he has type 2 diabetes. You're driving yourself nuts and it's probably not good for you, and not going to change him to boot. Seriously read some books about CBT--FOR YOU. One that's pretty good is called POSITIVE THINKING. I'd focus inward and stop focusing on your dear old dad.[/quote]

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