Hi Cobra,
It's so typical of an alco, to bring it all back to themselves. When I was 20 I finally plucked up the courage to tell my father what a violent brute he was to me when I was younger and when he was drunk and he just turned the whole thing round telling me what a tough time of it he had, and that he was often depressed and suicidal. He said he went to the bridge a few times to throw himself off and then lost the courage..........typical coward that he was. he still never acknowledged what he did or apologised for it...........and that was that!!