These are very touching stories. I read them all, twice. My mom and dad were both alcoholics. My dad was drunk by 9 am on hard stuff. My mom was a beer drinker--all day.
I used to watch my dad beat my mom, then he would leave with me in his arms and my mom screaming. He would drive with me (at the time I was about 4 yrs old) plastered. I don't remember much of growing up-probably better that way.