Did you have an alcoholic parent(s)?

[Spiderman]

I was kind of raised by a mother who abused her own prescription medications and drank a little bit excessively but I don't think it would fall into the category of addiction.

She was the one who got me started on my drug addiction by prescribing me Ambien at the age of 12. I started going through her medicine cabinets.

If you were raised by an alcoholic or drug-addicted Father/mother, what was it like?

 

[SalixIncendium]

Yes, I was raised by two alcoholic parents.

My mother wasn't so much an issue. She would drink two to four beers each night when I was a kid, most likely to self-medicate. I don't recall ever seeing her drunk.

My step-father, on the other hand, was a problem. He would stop at a bar nearly every night and miss dinner with the family. I remember a plate wrapped in foil being in the oven nearly every night.

He was a mean drunk. I found out that he wasn't my real father during one of his drunken outbursts. He missed nearly every single birthday both mine and my brothers, and was occasionally physically abusive.

 

[Spiderman]

That sounds very sad. Thanks for sharing.

Did you ever find your real Dad?

 

[SalixIncendium]

That sounds very sad. Thanks for sharing.

Did you ever find your real Dad?

No. I figured if he had no interest in seeking me out, he wasn't worth seeking out.

 

[Spiderman]

No. I figured if he had no interest in seeking me out, he wasn't worth seeking out.

That's an interesting way to look at it...does alcoholism run in your family?

 

[SalixIncendium]

That's an interesting way to look at it...does alcoholism run in your family?

My maternal grandfather was also an alcoholic. Whenever I spent the night at my grandparents' house, I would awaken at 5:30am to a beer can cracking.

Beyond that, I'm not aware of any others. I met me paternal grandparents a few times, but they didn't seem to be drinkers.

 

[Flame]

Dad was a functional alcoholic throughout my child and teen years. It was rare to see him without a Coors tall boy or a rum and coke.

 

[Salvador]

I was kind of raised by a mother who abused her own prescription medications and drank a little bit excessively but I don't think it would fall into the category of addiction.

She was the one who got me started on my drug addiction by prescribing me Ambien at the age of 12. I started going through her medicine cabinets.

If you were raised by an alcoholic or drug-addicted Father/mother, what was it like?

My parents divorced when I was 10 years old, my brothers and I as children were often left home alone as my mother spent time drinking in bars. My mother no longer abuses alcohol, but that's because mixing lots of alcohol with her medications would probably kill her.

Fortunately, I've never been addicted to alcohol; I've had other substance abuse issues. However, I can't discuss any of my substance abuse issues on this forum, because there is a rule here that illegal activities are not to be discussed.

 

[Rival]

My dad is a drunk, as most people know.

 

[SomeRandom]

I wouldn’t label my family as alcoholics. Though they perhaps enjoy alcohol a little too much. As do I. Dad was a very heavy social drinker. As is his side of the family. Fortunately I don’t think they qualify as alcoholics.
Although I do have an uncle who makes his own liquor. Make of that what you will

 

[Twilight Hue]

I was kind of raised by a mother who abused her own prescription medications and drank a little bit excessively but I don't think it would fall into the category of addiction.

She was the one who got me started on my drug addiction by prescribing me Ambien at the age of 12. I started going through her medicine cabinets.

If you were raised by an alcoholic or drug-addicted Father/mother, what was it like?

My parents were German. Self explanatory.