I have spent my life overcoming my past experiences with years of counseling to identify and stop the destructive behaviors and patterns that I experienced so my children don’t carry on that legacy. Learning about what alcoholism does to the family and how co-dependency is just as destructive. I have made peace with my past and forgiven myself for my mistakes leading up to that. I will be the first to tell you that it took work, and every now and then, I’ll have this moment of clarity or a feeling of validation for what I went through.