Walto Disney wrote:
It's okay. I know there's not much that I can say to make you feel better at this point. All I can really say is that you are lucky. At least you knew your dad for most of your life. I just met my dad for the first time in my life this month. I've gone 13 years without him around and I barely know anything about him. I know I don't have the best pep talks but I hope everything turns out okay.
I wonder... Living with an alcoholic is living in hell. I'm not sure if I'd have been better of having no dad in stead of the drunk I've spent the best part of nineteen years with.