My abusive childhood was my excuse for being a drunken loser, what could you expect with my drunken abusive father and cold distant mother.... yeah my childhood sucked I really have no happy memories, if there were any my years of alcohol abuse obliterated them from my mind. Within a month of stopping drinking I came to the realization that yes the first 17 yrs of my life had sucked but I was totally responsible for having ruined the next 30, it was time to let go and let God. With prayer I learned to forgive my parents and the forgiveness came very easily and very quickly and the forgiveness truly did set me free. Harboring all that resentment all those years literally nearly killed me, in forgiving my parents I also forgave myself and it is the most awesome gift I could have ever received.