i like this thread...brought back a question i was thinking about on NYE....i am the first girl cousin out of 22....I am #3 to be born on the list...my brother i think is perhaps 15?....we are all effected by this disease of the PARENTS...traits...drinkers...does not matter we are all effected by it...of all of us and then our parents....
MY MOM
MY AUNT
and ME are the only ones going to AL ANON
....go figure...and we have 1 in recovery...his wife or his 3 kids have not been to a AL ANON meeting....
aaah well, i see it now...i am getting better..and understand while growing up, I always wanted to stay away from the CRAP in the family....i get it now....and how...