Adults May Not Accept Alcoholics, But Children Can

I am well aware that the reception of drunkards, drugs and other substances abusers is never affectionate by many but my nephew is one of a kind.

He simplify fell in love with one of the renown addict of alcohol when he visited some few months back in the year 2008 and the little boy just straining to speak his first words saw him.

Today, he is eloquent in his speech and finding this addict irresistible because they can talk and laugh.

There is obviously a big difference between the way this little boy receives other visitors and this old man.

One sight at him from afar, earns him an instant request to share a drink or food from the tiny friend.

At first I thought he was developing a bad habit but when I thought really hard about it, I saw just how the unwritten traditional laws of the society have been unfair to such people.

We want to only judge the addicts but not help them out of the problem, and this child does not do this.

I know many mothers would be afraid that this old alcohol addict may harm the child, and it can happen, but if they just tried to question this kind of relationship fairly, they would really risk it.

Right from the bible reasoning, Jesus called children to come to him even after his disciples had decided they were enough trouble to be near him and he said the kingdom of God will definitely belong to the kids.

Why? Their hearts are pure and calm which is why this old addict has found new peace in the company of my little nephew.

A few words from him when he is drunk makes everyone bored and not willing to be around him, but this tiny unfailing friend listens and appreciates his unplanned speech for hours.

By the way, this old man is lonely and has nobody to talk to at his home, he also has got a history of failure in marriage, career, interpersonal relations and his closest friends are the fellow drunkards.

From the time I knew him, I have never heard of anything positive being said of his existence except his love for the bottles and therefore termed as irresponsible.

So one can say that part of his drinking problem is linked with feeling lonely, guilt, lacking acceptance, being ridiculed and reminded that he is not capable of changing to a better person.

Obviously, he cannot get any kind of positive support from his company of addicts except more beer but from this little boy, he can find all these great virtues that the society deny him.

As I told you, for this child to this man, it was love at first sight and even though at the time he could not speak, he offered his ears to listen to his not-worth-adult- ears speech and his eyes to watch him.

As they both converse and laugh, my nephew makes sure he is served with a drink or something to eat and what he does mostly is listening before he can talk back.

Even though I know that it is impossible for a man who has spent over sixty years consuming alcohol to change, I can say he finds incomparable satisfaction in the relationship he shares with this small boy.

Nowadays, he does not spend lots of his time drinking; a share of it has been set aside to repair his personal growth, that adults believes it can never be, for my nephew also has made a mark in his heart.