alcoholism

I am still in high school right now, but after my experiences with my father and his abusiveness, I feel much more mature and have a lot more ambition in life. I promised myself that I wouldn’t drink and do drugs after this whole experience because I am not putting my family through nonsense that could be avoided. I am working hard in school to get into college and get a job to support my family and me. I don’t feel as if I have to, but I want to because my mom deserves more than everything in this world after this experience.
My dad was a recovering addict, but he was one of the nicest men you could have known. He had a rough exterior, but he would give you anything, and he was hilarious. Then he made a new younger friend at his job and that’s when everything went downhill. His newfound friend was a drug abuser and drank a lot. My father was clean for over seven years, but recovering is a lifelong process. My dad started drinking, and he would come home when he was sober enough and act like nothing had happened. Then he started taking steroids. For my birthday we went to Canada, where he got many other drugs. After Canada, it was a downward spiral. He was drinking in the house and screaming at my mom, coming into my room crying at 2 a.m. and talking about killing himself. One night, he went out and ended up in jail for having four different type of drugs in his car and being drunk at the same time.