BROTHERHOOD

THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF BROTHERHOOD. THE BOND YOU HAD WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, YOUR FRATERNITY BUDDIES, OR SOMEONE YOU SERVED IN THE MILTARY WITH. THERE IS A BOND AMONG FIREFIGHTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THEN THERE IS ACTUAL BROTHERHOOD WITH SOMEONE YOU SHARE THE SAME BLOOD WITH. I HAVE A BROTHER, HOWEVER I DO NOT FEEL BROTHERHOOD. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSE NOR HAVE WE HAD ANYTHING IN COMMON WITH EACH OTHER. I HAVE HEARD OTHERS TALK ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL BROTHERHOOD FEELS, BUT I COME UP SHORT WHEN I SEARCH MY SELF FOR THIS WONDERFUL FEELING. KNOWING THAT SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK AND BE ON YOUR SIDE REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION IS NOT FAMILIAR TO ME IN THE SENSE OF THE TERM BROTHERHOOD. THE ANSWER HAS ALWAYS ELUDED ME.
I HAVE MY FAITH IN GOD, I HAVE MY WIFE. I HAVE READ AND HEARD ABOUT THE BROTHERHOOD SHARED BETWEEN ALCOHOLICS. I CAN SEE THE LIGHT OF THIS BROTHERHOOD STARTING TO SHINE THROUGH ON ME AND I HOPE IT IS EVERY BIT AS GLORIOUS AND WONDERFUL AS I HAVE IMAGINED IT WOULD BE. IN DOING SO, MAYBE I CAN FIND A WAY TO HAVE THAT SAME BROTHERHOOD WITH MY OWN BROTHER. MAYBE...