I Am the Child of An Alcoholic

I come from a dysfunctional family in which alcohol played a part in the dysfunctionality of it. But I have always felt that my family members that were, and are alcoholics, is that they used alcohol as a crutch to able to live with how...

This man ever knew what it was like to be a dad. He was a horrible human. My mother and him both drank like goldfish. I believe my mom drank to ease her pain from my dad. I had an older brother Davis. He would normally take my beats...

Everyday at five o'clock, my dad would come home from work and be greeted by mother with a kiss and a glass of whiskey and soda.  She would make one for herself.  It was the cocktail hour for both of them.   They...

From the ages of 9 years old until I was a senior in High School my mom was married to an alcoholic. Life was very difficult. My mother was physically and mentally abused as well as my older brother and myself. Things were so bad at...

Born way 2 early had 2 fight 2 all along. nothings ever come easy!
Moms always busy and dads always stoned.
NO foorsteps to follow No compass to guide me.
I wish i could make you see how hard it is to become
the 2 people i never...

He was 45 when he passed away.
I remember the first time we met- it was in an airport.
Mom and I were trying to catch him so that we could at least be introduced before he goes away.
After years of searching and wondering where he went...

So im sitting in my room crying, ive been crying all morning. I need to let this out. I thought about telling one of my closest friends about whats been going on in my life but then i stopped. Its embarrassing. My dad is once again...

When i was younger my parents went out together with my moms buddy it started out normal and everything was grate but when my mom started coming home with beer i new there was some type of problem because of her wacky funny look on her...

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I suppose my father was an alcoholic, I know he was in the end, was he always? I don t know.

He always drank, would he have been different if he didn t? I don t know.

He used alcohol to regulate his emotions, to relieve his stresses...

I hear my mom.T get up we need to find C.I am about 5 years old... give or take a year.I get out of bed in my pajamas and we get in the car. I know exactly where we were going. We are going to that place on the corner with the sign that...

My family history, more than anything, convinces me that genetics has a strong influence on what we do in life. It doesn't preordain our path, but it may make it much harder to choose a different path.

My father's father and...

Well, the title says it all really. My lovely father is an alcoholic.
There are days when I hate him so violently I could kill him. Just looking at his face, his wine stained mouth, his droopy eyes, his inability to stand up strait, all...

I am 29 and my mom died on Thanksgiving 2005 of cirrhosis of the liver. Slowly, her liver, kidneys, and lungs failed. She was 44. There is so much I am going through as a person because of her alcoholism and it makes me so angry that I...

My mom has been an alcoholic my whole life, I am 24 years old. It wasn't until the past ten years when it took a hold of her.
It was right after my little sister was born when things took a turn for the worse and I was in 6th grade. My...

My father is an alcohlic and my mother had to run him off, with the help of the law. My mother, sister, and I had to learn how to recover from him. It takes time and a little work, but it's well worth it. I damn sure can't see myself...

I`m going to do a bit of venting here. I`ve had a lot on my mind lately and I need to just unload it somewhere, I guess. Right now, my family is struggling economically, I`m unemployed and desperately searching for a job, and I`m...

There have been many adults, children and families ripped apart by alcoholism. It is an addiction and an illness. That not only affects the “Addict” but the whole family. It’s a domino effect no matter how young or old the...

My mother was an alcoholic and a schizophrenic. She made her own choices in life and far be it from me to judge her - I am more like her than I would like to admit. I do not really drink though. I'd have the odd glass of wine once every...

Until  recently, the impact of alcoholism was measured by its effect on the alcoholic, by days lost from work and highway fatalities. New research has tended to concentrate on the impact of alcoholism on the family...