28. "RE: Understanding why dad went to the store and never came back" In response to In response to 0
>I'm trying to put his casual abandonment of me in perspective
this is where i am. my mom just up and left when i was 3. years later she wrote and apologized, citing alcoholism and "not being ready" her reason for leaving. having been through alcoholism and being deathly afraid of reproducing, i can understand why she wanted to go. her decision wasn't at all justified but it has been put into perspective for me