I've often heard “Well, I'm going to take care of my recovery and then my kids are going to be okay,” or “I'll focus on the kids when I get a year or two of recovery behind me,” or “Well, they're so young right now, it doesn't really make a difference,” or maybe “They're more into themselves now, anyway.” But there are many little steps you can take with your children – young, adolescent or adult – to begin to be the parent they need and the parent you want to be.

When we first got here I was thinking I just wanted to know how to talk about what's going on with my dad with other people, but now I know I really just want to understand it better for me – you know, things that he does, stuff that makes us mad or feel scared.