My alcoholic sister has lived with my mum for 4 yrs
She’s still suicidal and still so angry
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My dad was a functioning alcoholic but he was a nice guy a good provider, and really funny. I’m a recovering crack addict, 27 years clean time.
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My dad is a recovered alcoholic. He used to drink daily when I was growing up. He was abusive and did some horrible things but I still care about him.
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Nick
Amazing
I’m glad that your father wasn’t mean all the time, funny is okay
anyway sorry, I don’t know but my sister functioned for a good long while
Suicidal and blames us for everything
You on the other hand have done something very special
Ongoing congratulations and quite a bit of awe
2 of my best lifetime girlfriends are ex heroin addicts
Me I have addictive personality
Which is almost as bad as a real ism
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Thanks for your reply
I’m so sorry thai
That’s a fairly big burden
I’m sorry he couldn’t get sober sooner
He’s older now. He suffers from clinical depression. I think he may be bipolar from his mood swings but he refuses to tell me. We’ve been on good terms for the most part but it has been hard to forgive him.
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My mom used to pawn my toys so she could buy booze and cigs. My idiot cat is also buzzed from hitting The Nip tonight as well.
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Just me.
I’ve had some pretty severe drug problems,
But I’m the only one.
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My dad got into crack. He pawned off everything. We lost are house. He got clean on and off. He died of cancer 11 years ago. My brother also got into crack. He owes a lot of money. He’s doing better now. I have never even smoked a cigarette before. The key is don’t even try drugs, alcohol or cigarettes. You’ll regret it later. My mental illness has nothing to do with this though.
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Every male in my family was a hardcore alcoholic at some point in his life. 3 uncles that are no longer alchys but 2 of them go back to it from time to time. One uncle has always used nicotine and has tried every drug known except meth. My aunts and cousins aren’t alcoholics but defiantly like the beer. 2 grandmothers that smoked like chimneys
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So sorry
That is a lot to go through as a young person/ child in your family
I take after my father. Depression and alcohol.
Luckily, besides me, there’s no drugs but I’ve made most of the family not try too much.
I’ve been addicted in my life…these days I enjoy a drink…but I don’t need it!
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12 years off - crack,ecstacy,ice,weed
still smoking tobaco and drinking alcohol
still feel the need for all of the above… 
issues but moving slowly along…
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My dad is a heroin addict and has been since I was 5 years old. Along with my dad’s heroin addiction, my mum started drinking alcohol to cope, which led to alcoholism.
My mum’s not drinking anymore, but my dad is still addicted to heroin. He just relapsed.
My whole family has addictive personalities. My brother is an alcoholic or a pothead. Switches back and forth when he doesn’t have the other, but has a real great job making 16,000$ a month.
My dad was a pill head into opiates and benzos. Died 11 years ago from kidney failure, but was a great dad, provided for the family and would do anything for anybody
Grandpa was a pill head alcoholic. Stopped one good time to preach for a decade or so , but got back on them
Other Grandpa was an alcoholic. Great man
I have a addictive personality and use to be on opiates,pills, herion, benzos, but take suboxone now for it. Been clean from opiates for around 2-3 years now. Suboxone really helps people turn around there lives if they take it the right way and do it for the right reasons.
That’s why I always get mad at people downgrading it saying it’s another drug (which it is), but saying people just abuse it. NO. Some people actually take it to change there lives for the better
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I dunno my mom always tells me “it runs in our family” but really only my second cousins (who are both my age and heroin addicts) aside from like grandma and great uncle and stuff like that (sort of distant relatives) are alcoholic/addicts.
Mental illness is apparent in my family, everyone has it. But addiction isn’t so apparent despite what my mother says.
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Congrats
It’s an achievement
I think my father has let go of a lot of good reasons not to drink by retiring
Now he drinks far too much
Sisters both were are addicts and I’m chronically addictive
you sound very compassionate
I’m finding that hard
Maybe things got me feeling down