My father drank too, was he an alcohalic, I don't know. He was a hard working functioning man, not that that makes a difference. Is my mom the poster woman for codependency, YES!! Did I come from a dysfunctial home...didn't we all?
I think understand family, where we came from, how we fit in the dynamics of it all is so very important to my recovery and to me being a healthy functioning woman and not repeating history.