“The drinking parent lied to the sober parent; the sober parent deceived the drinking parent. Most children of alcoholics have learned that no one can be trusted.” LiesAlcoholismAcoa Book:Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception Source: Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception
“You never turn away family, no matter how f***ed up they are.” WisdomProseAlcoholismDysfunctional FamilyAlcoholicAcoa Author:Ronald Velesovsky
“When he was a kid, it used to feel like his parents disappeared when the got drunk. As the levels of their glasses went down, he could sense them pulling away from him, as if they were together on the same boat, slowly pulling away from the shore where Oliver was left stranded, still himself, still boring, sensible Oliver, and he'd think, Please don't go, stay here with me, because his real mother was funny and his real father was smart, but they always went. First his dad got stupid and his mum got giggly, and then his mum got nasty and his dad got angry, and so it went until there was no point staying and Oliver went to watch movies in his bedroom. He'd had his own VCR in his bedroom. He'd had a privileged upbringing, had never wanted for anything.” AlcoholismAlcoholicAdult ChildrenAdult Children Of AlcoholicsAcoa Book:Truly Madly Guilty Source: Truly Madly Guilty