My kids are long out of the house .... and everything basic, about their personalities and etcetera's .... I was aware of before they left ...... and what I thought I was aware of ..... it turns out I was .... and AM
Excuses papa, for not paying attention ..... maybe not even BEING there.
I'm the middle child of three and was raised in a very loving, caring household. I went off to college at 17 and it didn't take long for me to succumb to the allure of alcohol. I had an ROTC scholarship so a couple of my summers in college were spent doing Army stuff and I worked away from home one summer. I graduated and got commissioned at 21 and was off on my Army career and rarely saw my folks in the years after that. By 25, I was a high-functioning alcoholic and remained so until I got sober at 34. Only by the grace of God did I avoid any such catastrophic results of my alcoholism, and my parents would have never known, nor would it have been the result of any failing or shortcoming on their part.