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Matt’s father has started drinking again and he isn’t there for Matt. Matt seems disappointed in his father. On page 54 the text said, “‘Last night…,’ I started. He instantly stopped scratching at the toast, but he didn’t look at me. He just looked down at the half-black, half-brown bread. But I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t zing him like I wanted to- and trust me, I really wanted to- only because, well, we were both messed up, hurting, and it would’ve just been a wack thing to do. Just… mean.” His father hasn’t been the same after the death of his wife. He pick up the habit he broke to marry Matt’s mother. This is the way he decided to deal with the grief. It has left him coming home late and not being there for him son. Matt has found his way to help the pain of the heartbreak and has made a habit of watching people’s funerals at the funeral home he

The most vivid memory I recall is of the first trip I ever made to my happy place, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Nothing could ever compare to those 5 days of pure happiness, without a single worry in the world. I truly believe this one little trip shaped the way I want to live the rest of my life.

Throughout the decades, alcoholism has become a common issue that has become the cause of the deterioration of many relationships. In Scott Russell Sanders essay, “Under the Influence”, it is demonstrated how his relationship with his father continuously weakens due to the effects of alcohol. In order to create a deeper understanding of the impacts that alcohol consumption has on families, Sanders uses information from sources such as medical journals with actual statistics that increase the relevance of the story. In Sanders’ essay, “Under the Influence”, the author uses references such as dictionaries, medical journals, and the

This is a form of emotional neglect, and because of this neglect all three of my uncles and my dad have no idea how to talk or express themselves. They can not even talk to their own children or wives. My father and uncles were drinking when they were young, but only two of the four turned into alcoholics. When my grandfather died, one of my uncles was drunk at the funeral and was asked to leave by our family. This is what happens when parents use drugs while raising children.

In “Under the Influence” by Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist, the author explains the struggles he had to go through while dealing with his alcoholic father. Alcoholism has slowly transformed his father into a completely different person, and even a different creature at times. Every time his father would get drunk, Sanders and his family felt as if he was losing a piece of his dad. The family felt ashamed of the disease that had consumed their father and this developed where telling other people was impossible, making their father’s alcoholism a secret that the family kept hidden and closed away from the rest of the world. They felt the need to try and help their troubled family member. Sanders even states how he thinks that

wild boy who often gets drunk, and when he does, his parents look the other way. They

I vividly remember when my whole life shattered into pieces when my perfect life was no longer perfect. It all started when my mom had started having mental problems, it was like a pitch-black cloud rolled in without warning. I thought my life would never be the same, always thinking that my mom would never get better, but I was wrong.

I was on phone with my dad, he was drunk and made promises I knew he would never uphold. Beep, beep, beep, the phone call ended. Tears rolled down my face, my breathing became shallow, it grew harder to fill my lungs. I was having an anxiety attack. “What’s going on?” Stewart asked, leaning toward me. I shook my head, avoiding the topic. “David,” my mom responded simply. Stewart’s typically stern persona softened immediately. He sighed, clasping his hands together, all his body weight shifted onto his elbows that were placed on his

Memories can last a life time, so we tend to only remember the extraordinary ones. Extraordinary like the essay “The Yellow Ribbon” by Pete Hamill, in which he talks about how a person named Vingo, was riding on a, bus recently released from jail, to this oak tree explaining to some passengers that he had told his wife to leave him if she wanted, since he went to jail or to go to this oak tree and tie a yellow ribbon around it to see if she wants him to stick around and he will go and check it out. In the end, he saw hundreds of ribbons tied on to the tree. Not only is this an amazing story, but also very unforgettable one as well, because he finds out that after four years in jail his wife has enough love for him to go to this tree and tie hundreds of ribbons just to show the type of love the women had for Vingo. I have to say that, I believe this story is truly unforgettable, but I also got a story that is very extraordinary, like the time that I got my very first car. Furthermore, I didn’t just get a car, I got the love of two truly loving parents.

“My dad enjoyed alcohol; a lot. He never yelled at us, but when my mom was having her ‘episodes’, that was what we called them, he would leave us alone with her. He said he had trouble dealing with her when she was having problems. I think he was cheating on my mom, but I could never prove that and he would never admit to it either.”

I try to remember what it was like before i spoke. Like sandpaper against my throught, a knife carving false hope onto my ribs. Bile and steal pressed up against my lungs. There was a violence held in every breath.

After a while my son and wife knew to stay away from after I had a few drinks, not that I was a violent drunk, but I would speak harshly to my wife and yell at my son for the most medial things.  I have to admit that I even stormed out of the house to go drink after and argument, or realize that I was down to

A child always leans on a parent for help trying to determine what is right and wrong. “ You beat time on my head / With a palm caked hard by dirt,”(13-14). While using imagery and symbolism, the word “caked” is highly descriptive. The dirt symbolizes all of the mistakes. Every time the dad misses a step, the son get blamed for it. This is another factor that could scare a child while being around an alcoholic parent. As a parent, one may not realizes how much they are impacting on your child’s life. “At every step you missed / My right ear scraped a buckle”(11-12). As the dad stumbles, his son is young and short. The father does not realize his son is getting hurt at this moment. Not only because the son is shorter but because the dad is drunk and he is physically and mentally impaired. This frightens the son, he does not know what will happen next or if he will continue to get hurt.

I do not have many memories from before my parents divorced. It happened when I was in the first or second grade. Most people would try to erase all of their memories about it but I had one that stuck with me through all that. That memory was Harley.

Years have passed, my teenage years, even up until present, as an adult, the past seems to creep up from deep inside my soul to the surface on every January and the reflection of that memory makes my heart ache. The questions of why run through