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Scarred by Alcoholism?

  • Posted on January 9, 2010 at 6:08 am

Hey there the names Michele. I’m 18, and my son is almost 9 months. I live with my dad who is a very bad alcoholic. He drinks beer from morning to night and becomes verbally abusive and sometimes physically. He doesn’t care about anyone else but himself and that is very hard for me since I need help with my son. He’s kicked me out when i was pregnant too many times I can’t even count, and even after I gave birth to my son. I bounced back from town to town, living with my sister and my dad. I have taken the next step on being a good mother and protecting myself and my son from this monster, and filled out an application for housing. They said they were gonna send me a letter letting me know when there is an appartment open, but that was a few weeks ago, and i need to call them. My only option is to move out, my sister who has raised me my whole life lives in a different town about 45 minutes away, and my mom and I don’t have the best mother daughter relationship. I don’t think I can take this anymore, I’m very depressed and that affects how I parent my son. My son’s father wants nothing to do with us so that makes me more angry.
I’ve researched online about support groups for teenagers who have alcoholic parents, and the nearest to me is about 6 hours away. My dad has been to rehab 3 times, detox once, and he’s also been in the [nut house] and had to take anger managment. I’ve had a very bad childhood he’s drank my whole life and I rarely see him sober.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
Please help!
Thanks!

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