alcoholic father

[bubbly838]

hello there i have been on this site before i posted a question before about my father that i titled acoholic father but then i was tiki838 but i forgot my password so i made a new one but to a few people that followed my story for awhile my mom finally divorced my father and i stoped going to alateen meetings i just dident think they were helping me as much as i would have liked




for people that dont know anything this is my story it is kinda short but my father is a very bad alcoholic and he would never admit that he was one and he was pushing me and my mom away little by little and the night my mom dicided that she was going to get a divorce was the night he almost hit me so that is pritty much it

[slow_healer]

Hey bubbly, it's fine if you don't feel like you need counselling right now. Just keep note of what options are available to you in case this issue does come up again. Dealing with an alcoholic parent can be like a life-long trauma. You may feel relief for a while that the situation is finally dealt with. Life might feel normal again. However, you don't know how you're going further on down the road - especially as you become an adult and gain perspective on the situations you've gone through as a child. For a lot of children of alcoholics, there can be a LOT of anger later on in life - especially as they begin to see how much their parent's alcoholism cost their childhood, their happiness, and their family.

Take some time to read those Al-anon resources or simply browse the web for "children of alcoholics". There's lots of helpful info that describes behavior patterns young people can fall into while living with alcoholics, and how those experiences can shape the rest of their lives. It's amazing how many people living with alcoholics feel like they're going through it alone, and yet it happens so often that there are studies detailing different ways children of alcoholics turn out. Stay educated and do your best to protect yourself - you deserve a fair chance at a happy, healthy life just like everyone!

[ibizan]

u really need to get back to the Al-Anon.....this is such a bummer time for u.u need the support of others who have been where ur at now...and i hope u and ur mom stuck with the counseling too.