Growing up with a stepmother who hated me and a stepfather who was old-fashioned (i.e. raising children was a job for women). Luckily, I was one of those kids that took to reading and had a primary school teacher who encouraged it. There was...
Had years and years of it….. but as a kid you don’t realise it’s not normal…. Only as I got older did I know my childhood was ruined by an alcoholic father.. luckily I’ve turned out ok, I swore I would never be that man he was.. hopefully I...
See my parents fight, argue and generally ruin my childhood, Christmas, birthdays, all has the silent treatment to at least one of us. Remember my dad being locked out by my mum and forced to sleep in the car, sit in the step, I saw him through...
I loved it……. I moved in with my dad when I was 14 for a short while…. Stupid in hindsight as he was a raging alcoholic who couldn’t even look after himself…. I basically came and went as I pleased, stopped going to school, stayed out all hours...