I can’t help but wonder what could’ve been if my mom’s addiction didn’t suck up and spit out every relationship and person it touched.
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For My Mother, Putting Down the Alcohol Wasn't Enough
As an adult, I struggled to reconcile how my mother could be bone sober but still function like the manipulative, bewildering, and self-absorbed alcoholic I sat next to in all those corner bars as a kid.
Their First Day of School Was My Last Day of Drinking
That day was the last time I bought into the lies that one drink will somehow not send me on that downward spiral to insanity and destruction of everything I love and care about. The kids were still sleeping when I woke up early just to start drinking. The wine was hidden in its usual… Continue reading Their First Day of School Was My Last Day of Drinking
