for as long as i can remember my dad has drunk heavily. he would down cans of larger, and shots of wiskey, and mixing them together made the achohol take effect even quicker. a few years ago, after me and my mum left my dad, he had a stroke, which is when you have no control over your body and you cant speak or move the right side of your body. the stroke was caused by the accesive alcohol he drank. after 4 months in hospital, my dad passed away a week before my birthday. my mum also drank heavily, at least a bottle of port and lemonade every night. i looked at the labels on all the bottles out in carrier bags in the garden, and they said 15.7 units on them. 15.7 units in one night every night for about 10 years is soon going to kill my mum aswel. nearly every morning, she wakes up being violently sick, and will sleep in all daay untill the evening, when she'll start all over again. every night she will stagger up the stairs with a glass of port, and start screaming at me to do silly things like cleaning the bathroom when its already clean, or she will come and make my bedroom a tip and make me clean it all up. it makes me sad seeing other people my age, going out for a girly day with there parents, getting their hair done and going shopping.. mum wastes every penny we get on booze, it leaves me with no money for lunch, no money for school trips, and once i had to stay home from school because she hadnt washed my uniform, and she had thrown out all my books. last year when i was in year 8, we had a camping trip coming up in school, and because my mum drank, i drank. i took a few cans of cider with me, thinking it was a normal thing to do, and i got excluded for it. drinking parents dosent mean drinking you!
