Originally Posted by HealingWillCome

Mine was trying to find healing through alcoholic men. I had an alcoholic father who abandoned us when I was 7. It really messed up my perception of who I was and where my self-worth came from. I allowed a lot of unacceptable alcoholic behavior by men in my life because they "loved" me, and if they would only love me and not leave me, then my brokenness would be healed.