Back a few weeks ago I had a personal interview with a good friend of mine and the topic was what was it like growing up around an alcoholic in the family.
I got an eye opener of what it was like and the transformation that one can go through when quitting an addiction.
Growing up around an alcoholic
For me, I never seen that side of life but I lived it all the same.
For me, I do not recall any major problems in my family with alcoholism to the point of either abuse or the other things that go with the addiction.
Sure, my Dad would come home and have two vodka martini’s after work but no more than that. Maybe a few beers when we went fishing but nothing like how I was when I got bad with the stuff.
So, for me, I never witnessed it as bad as my friend did. Even I myself when I was getting bad with my alcoholism never got physical but the mental abuse was there and it was probably just as bad as one who gets physical as it may have the same outcome. At least that is how I see it.
I got worse than what I had seen when I was growing up. I got much worse!
What was it like growing up around an alcoholic in the family
Well, from my perspective, I must have been much worse than I even thought only because, half of the stuff I pulled, I only heard from others.
As for my friend who I did this interview with, his life growing up around an alcoholic was much much worse.
But one thing that I admired more than anything was, his father’s ability to quit and help others to achieve that in which others have such difficulties with.
Below is that interview I did with my friend. It was a powerful, eye opening experience to learn just how bad it can get as I never seen that side of the addiction when I was younger and is one of the reasons I have not written about what or how it was like. I’ll let you listen to his story:
I apologize for my breathing into my microphone, I did not realize I was doing that. None the less, it was a great interview.
