Part of me wants to say not to agonize over what to tell the kids. The bigger deal you make out of it, the bigger deal it will be... And for you, it doesnt have to be. I am an alcoholic. I am an addict. I know this. Maybe I havent embraced it, but I don't care to refer to myself as an alcoholic or addict. I do in meetings and when my husband talks to me about it... But if I share that bit with anyone else, I tell them that "in the past, I had some problems with alcohol and that I choose not to drink". Nobody cares and especially nobody new has ever cared or asked why
