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by Richard Bermack

March 2002

“I’ve learned a lot. My life wasn’t going in the right direction, and they guided me through and showed me other ways of handling certain situations that would have taken a different route. I was a very argumentative person with a temper. I have five children, and being a single parent, it was hard to get my point across. Now I take the time to stop and listen instead of yelling at my children and all the neighbors hearing it.
“My father was an alcoholic and I didn’t understand effective parenting. In the class I learned how to discipline in a positive way, how to praise and promote positive behavior. Time outs are good. My son is so cute. When he feels his own stress, he will put himself on a time out.

“Before I wasn’t feeling very fulfilled. Now the whole thing has changed. I’m in recovery. I’m going to school to become a cosmetologist, my daughter is getting ‘A’s, and my son got citizen of the month. We are all proud of each other. It has been a blessing.”