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Originally Posted by journeygal ....... What I have recently realized was that I was tremendously way more affected by my mom and her handling of the situation than his actual drinking. ........  | BINGO! Thats it! I had less problems with my drinking mother than my co-dependant father. My mom would be asleep/passed out by 7:30 - 8:00 and that left me for my dad to vent on. I do have two brothers but I bore the brunt of my dads anger as I was the child most like him and I was the only girl. Not only did I have to put up with his insults and ridicule, I had to put up with his sick inappropate behavior. When I complained to my mom about him, I was told 1- He had a hard day at work 2-That I was being hyper sensitive or 3- That I would be hurt later in life so I should used to it now.
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