FAMILY DYNAMICS – PART 7 – A SET ROAD: MY INEVITABLE SLIDE INTO ADDICTION;

 

I am an only child. My mother has only me. On my father’s side, I have other brothers and sisters. I did not spend much time with them growing up. At most, I spent 4 years with them. I am 39 now.

Being an only child played out in my addiction and with an increasing measure, it has played out in my recovery.

On my mother’s side, I grew up with my cousins and my mother’s brothers, my uncles.

You could say that I was undisciplined and rebellious because I never had a present father in my life. This is oft true in most cases.

In the brief stints of stay with my dad, there are certain things that played out. I was selfish and inconsiderate of my siblings. One day, I ate half a loaf of bread before breakfast. Dad pointed out that growing up as an only child, it was the reason I struggled with considering others. That’s one of the times my father…

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