Posted by Aphrodite on February 11, 2005, at 15:22:00
In reply to Re: A parent who drank a lot, posted by Tabitha on February 11, 2005, at 13:39:52
Tabitha, I may not have worded my post correctly. I did not and do not excuse my father's drinking. It affected him and those around him negatively. What I was trying to say was that when I was young, I was dealing with a mentally ill and alternately abusive/neglectful mother who was menacing and being sexually abused by a teacher and another family member. So, since drinking zoned my Dad out, he was not a frightening spectre to me as the others were. It made him less volatile -- he was physically punishing when he was sober. Of course, because he drank so much, he was not in a place to help with all my other problems and so you're right, it was certainly a problem. I guess I was just saying on the list of childhood terrors, alcoholism wasn't at the top. Hope this clears things up some, and I am sorry you were angered.
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