Originally Posted by
PeaceInYoga 
..what kind of "father" talks that way and elaborates on wanting to cause physical harm.
An addict with severe arrested development. He is essentially a young boy with no emotional skills for conflict resolution. It is said that our development arrests at the point we first started using alcohol as a coping mechanism.
I kind of equate addiction as a state of "un-love" of ourselves and those around us. It is only when we can get beyond the addiction that we can access love for ourselves and others...true love..not attachment and possession.
It's in there..but addiction blinds us.