Henk, 61

It was never too late

Then

Henk had been drinking for forty years. He was never drunk at work, but at home he sat in front of the TV every evening with a bottle of gin. His wife had stopped saying anything about it. His grandchildren only came in the mornings, because grandpa acted strange in the afternoons.

The turning point

At a checkup the cardiologist said: if you carry on like this, you won't make seventy. Henk first thought it was too late to change. That week his grandson asked if grandpa wanted to go fishing. At six in the morning. Henk wanted to be able to do that, sober.

Now

Henk has been alcohol-free for two years. His blood pressure is normal and he is eighteen pounds lighter. Every Saturday he goes fishing with his grandson. He says: I thought I was too old to change. You're never too old to win back a few good years.

“It's never too late. Every day without is a day won.”

The people in these stories are fictional. Their experiences are based on what many people in recovery go through.

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