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[quote=Anonymous]Therapy for sure. Therapy helped me recover from my irreparably flawed relationship with my narcissitic, alcoholic father and helped me shed the guilt that it was somehow my fault that I couldn't get through to him and fix the relationship. There is nothing you can do that will change him, so the best you can do is learn coping skills to deal with him in the present and learn how to undo the damage he's done to you over the years both while he's alive and when he's gone. There will almost likely never be closure in the sense that he will have a Saul on the road to Damascus moment and recognize and repent for the anguish he's caused you. It's not your fault, and there's nothing you can do to fix the relationship. All you can do is work towards peace and acceptance of the situation (which is not to say it's OK or ever has been, but learning to let go and mourn the relationship you'd wish you'd had with him is hugely healing).[/quote]
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