Hi. Thanks for that but I actually live in Essex so won't be going as far as London for meetings. I got a list of groups fairly local to here but only one that am able to get to today without transport. If all goes well I can travel further afield on other days when I get my car back.
At the image of the dad getting drunk in order to 'deal' with his daughter taken into hospital set off a memory in my mind. Before I got married 21 years ago my dad spent the 6 weeks before the wedding on a complete bender, drunk and abusive and would wander around the house being sick or urinating anywhere but the toilet. Apparently it was my fault as he was stressed about the wedding. Just before Christmas my sisters baby was taken into hospital and it looked quite serious for a while. My dads idea of support for her was exactly the same, the 'stress' made him drink himself into oblivion!
Isn't it strange how memories surface after a while? I grew up thinking this behaviour was normal, funny even!
Thank god I've woken up, better late than never!!