Originally Posted by
dandylion 
I believe that he is about 9yrs. old, by now...? If I am correct, about that...I can remember, that, by that age, I knew lots more than my parents thought I knew.
I remember very little of the day to day of my early childhood but I absolutely knew that my Father was an alcoholic from the time I was about 5. I didn't know what that was, of course - alcohol/alcoholism but I absolutely knew he was drunk and that we had to watch what we did and said and make ourselves scarce.