Who I Am Today Essay

Being who you are today, whether you like it or not, has to do with your parents/ guardians and what they did or did not do for you. As I grew up moving from home to home I gathered both good and bad memories and even chunks of the past pushed so far back I don 't even remember a year or two from when I was younger. My father definitely shaped who I am today; I 'm not quite sure if he impacted my life because I do not know how I would have been without his drunkenness and neglect. Now granted my father was sober some of my life and I do have great memories of the love my dad had for me at one point, but as time went on and my dad 's addiction to alcohol turned to drugs, his love to his addiction was far more powerful than his love for his family and his own life. Having a father who is an addict can be harmful to one 's emotional state, but can also make them a stronger person; when going through life there are some really tough times and growing up in almost nothing but tough times is ,sadly, great practice for the real world. As far back as I can remember, my dad was my favorite person because my mom was always at work so I remember him being there …show more content…
He had changed for a while but got right back onto the addiction horse and started a business of “fixing cars” in our garage while my mom was not able to walk after nearly dying in a car accident. While “fixing cars” my father was actually dealing drugs and cheating on my mom. Finally my mother decided to divorce him and he proceeded to get in a relationship with the girl he met through dealers. When trying to convince him to stop doing drugs he told me to my face that he would rather continue seeing his girlfriend and doing drugs/drinking that ever even see me and my sister