My father is an alcoholic?

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wrayith asked:

So.
My dad has always been an abusive alcoholic. He’s hit me and verbally abused me if I didn’t give him my money to support his addiction. He’s even called me “sexually attractive” on more than one occasion, but has said he doesn’t see any problems with his actions.

My mother is aware of all of this.
They divorced in August 2007.

He lives in an RV about an hour away from my mother and I.
My mother and I continue live in the same 1,500 sq.ft. house in the southwest side of Houston, TX. We’ve lived here since 1994.

Since August 2007 my father has frequently visited my mother and I.
He usually comes on weekends.

I don’t want to have any sort of contact with him at all.
I’ve told that to my mother several times over the years, but she never seems to do anything about that.

My father has been in and out of rehab for several years, but has never remained sober for more than three months.

As a consequence of growing up with an alcoholic father, I developed mild OCD, slight anxiety, and I can’t seem to get close to people/I have trouble trusting people because of the constant disapointments and manipulations from my father.

I am from Boston, Massachusetts.
I was born there in 1993 and lived in Quincy (city just south of Boston)
before moving to Houston, as said, in 1994.
I consider Boston home, not just because of all the bad memories of my father in Houston, it’s because everytime I go up to visit New England, it just feels like home.
I feel more at home in Boston than I ever did in Houston.

That being said, I want to move to Boston. (Well, Brookline/Newton since I’m still in high school)
The reason is pretty obvious.
I want to move on with my life.
I don’t want to keep re-living the dark memories that have haunted me for so long… that still continue to haunt me actually.
I want a fresh start.
I know it isn’t easy, however.

My mom just lost her job at American Express travel agency.
She has looked, but wasn’t able to find a job in Boston nor here in Houston.

My mom says she’s tired of my father and the choices he continues to make, but still continues to talk to him daily over the phone and he comes over on Saturdays now to visit.

I don’t see him.
I sleep whenever he comes over.
I haven’t talked to him in over two months.
I’m proud of myself that I have made small steps to move on.
My mother hasn’t, obviously.

But it’s hard to move on with your life when your mother still continues to have contact with someone you ****.

I don’t want to be this bitter person.
I want to be happy.

So, my question is, what should I do to convince my mother to stop communicating with my father and move to Massachusetts in order to move on with our lives.

[I have asked and no my mother does not love/ is not in love with my father]
[I appoligize for such a long post]







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