Daughter of a recovered alcoholic
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Daughter of a recovered alcoholic
Hey everyone, I'm new here and I just wanted to share my story. When my parents first got married and had my sister and I, my dad was an alcoholic but my mom wasn't. He began physically abusing her. My mom thought the way to escape the situation would be through liquor. So eventually the two became drunk every night, and beat us. This went on for about two years, so one night my sister called the cops on them. They were sent to jail and we went into fostercare for two years. After shifting homes for two years, my parents were released, and gained custody of us. Everything was fine for a few months. However, they began to drink again. My mom was sent to prison for awhile. When she got out, my parents got divorced. I moved out of state with my mom with my sisters. The divorce made her drinking problem even worse. Every night she would scream at me, tell me I was a f*** up, that I ruined the family and our lives, that I was worthless and that she hated me, etc. By this time I also had a 3 year old sister who she also abused. I had to hide my tiny sister from her every night, and we were so afraid of her. The pain and fear became unbearable. I tried to have a more positive outlook and think about the fact that I have the oppurtunity to make things right one day, and that I don't have to live like this my whole life. I counted my blessings and did everything I could to help myself, like do good in school and make good choices which helped out a lot, and eventually the whole thing with my mom didn't effect me so much because I was happy with other things in my life. Eventually my mom began going to AA meetings and stopped drinking.
So the reason I'm posting this is to help other kids out there with alcoholic parents realize that if you just honestly think positive, stay strong, make good choices for yourself, count your blessings and pray, it can help you deal with this horrible situation so much. I know how much it can hurt, but being positive about it takes away a lot of that pain and gives you hope. Everyone out there has the potential to get out of a situation like this. You just have to believe in yourself and put your mind to it.
So the reason I'm posting this is to help other kids out there with alcoholic parents realize that if you just honestly think positive, stay strong, make good choices for yourself, count your blessings and pray, it can help you deal with this horrible situation so much. I know how much it can hurt, but being positive about it takes away a lot of that pain and gives you hope. Everyone out there has the potential to get out of a situation like this. You just have to believe in yourself and put your mind to it.
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To everyone who has replied, thank you so much for the support. It was hard at first to share this story and open up so much, but its so good to know that you all are so encouraging and warm. Thanks again. 
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