How Daddy Died: the Real Truth
your drinking.” Maybe, “I see your drinking is affecting you.”
How many meetings did I have to go to before I could say “I’m angry with my father?” 50, 60, 100? The Richard Gere character in the movie, Pretty Woman, says, “It cost me ,000 to say ‘I’m angry with my father.’” Frankly, I thought he got off easy.
Still miracles are out there. A friend’s ex-husband, a lawyer in his 40’s, addicted to alcohol and cocaine, did get sober, but not before he had lost his family, his law practice. He had not seen his daughters for three years. So what finally happened to him? Was it that he had learned that the Massachusetts Bar Association was considering an action against him? If so, I applaud that bar association for doing it the hard way, for confronting one of its own. It may have made the difference.
About the Author
An award-winning playwright, Carole O’Malley Gaunt lives with her husband in New York City and Sag Harbor. She is the mother of three daughters.
Her memoir Hungry Hill is available at www.amazon.com and www.hungryhillthebook.com
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