CarolD always used to say 'No child is ever glad that their parents are drinkers', or something to that effect. My parents weren't really alcoholics but my mum's drinking really did effect me. She used to drink wine and cry. And I remember being really young 8 or so and we used to watch films together and she would drink wine in bed out of a mug. She never had any serious negative effects from her drinking but I remember not liking it nonetheless.