Sounds like we have all had a good day

Absolutely magic Chris, you shall now be known as radar eye!!!
Lovely the nurses went to visit teddy ... that's socialisation ticks
Kazz, my whole life has been drink, drugs, violence, stabbings, axe attacks, police visits, prisons, court, solicitors with him.....I have good memories, the day he arrived back from Gibraltar and came to pick me up from school... Again, didn't go smoothly!!! 6ft 9 giant trying to claim me and the school saying no....me being absolutely overjoyed crying and screaming "spud"...my uncles nickname and them refusing to let me go and having to send him to my disabled grandads car to get him to say it was o.k lol ( 1986 by the ways) then going to fetch my brother from junior school with all my mates screaming for a "go on the giants shoulders" ...to being chucked on the back of some strangers horse bareback and his theory....I would either learn to ride or fail! I didn't fail and to this day, I recall the beautiful horse. I was taught how to make spears and chuck them and taught that I am me and nobody is better than me, to always front out anyone trying to scare you ( even though inside you might be crapping yourself) I have sat by his hospital bed and watched him go through the dt's , I have sat with him on life support not knowing if he would live and having to deal with the police and the phonecalls from"friends" claiming to be his brother... Tbf, the guard copper was impressed with my patter and cool attitude informing said"brother" that I don't actually have an uncle Alex! I have watched him turn from the uncle I knew into a violent monster trying to kill my uncle, aunt, cousins and brother back to the person I knew, I met that person today....is he sober....no, he smokes his spliffs, is he completely alcohol free? Nope, but he is sober 5/7 days and today my nan would have been proud of him. This year is the first time he has ever apologised for his behaviour, for what he did to my nan and mum, for what he put me through and he actually meant it......he doesn't have a good relationship with his daughter...he didn't know I knew about her, I can understand that, she grew up with one life and having his chaos put upon you is hard. Today was a good day for me, I could reward his good behaviour and I could explain a bit about what's happening with me, he has met Steve already so knows all about him