As told to Eileen DeClemente by her daughter Sara:I don't feel that there is any right or wrong way to cope with parents who are alcoholics and drug addicts but I have found that people cope different..

I never made any important or conscious decisions about my life. I had no passion for life or what life had to offer. I had no sincere passion or real interest in anything. Twenty five years of my lif..

I had not experienced the feelings of uselessness, hopelessness and waking up in the morning not wanting to get out of bed because I felt worthless to anyone in my life especially my family. Many morn..

Alcoholism and its effects on one family's history are integral to the story being told in my novel, Shades of Darkness, Shades of Grace. The Pierson family portrayed in the book has suffered the blig..