Shaking the Family Tree
Viewing comments for Chapter 2 "The Unveiling"Excerpts from addition to recovery.
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Comment from MelB
Hi Dallas, this is a well written chapter on alcoholism and how it effects the family. Each child does play a different role in the family dynamics.
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2018
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Hi Dallas, this is a well written chapter on alcoholism and how it effects the family. Each child does play a different role in the family dynamics.
Comment Written 07-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2018
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Thanks for reviewing.
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You're welcome.
Comment from Sharon Haiste
This is a powerful read. As I'm going through the four roles of children of alcoholic parents, I'm trying to place myself and my three sisters.
I like the way you are using verse throughout your story.
Well done. I'm looking forward to more.
Sharon
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2018
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This is a powerful read. As I'm going through the four roles of children of alcoholic parents, I'm trying to place myself and my three sisters.
I like the way you are using verse throughout your story.
Well done. I'm looking forward to more.
Sharon
Comment Written 07-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 07-Apr-2018
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Thanks, Sharon Will be trying to post once a week.
Comment from Harry Smith
I couldn't resist reading this chapter. I am glad I did because it was a very good read. I really enjoyed the way the author writes and I will definitely be back to read more.
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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I couldn't resist reading this chapter. I am glad I did because it was a very good read. I really enjoyed the way the author writes and I will definitely be back to read more.
Comment Written 06-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thank you. Will try and.post one chapter a week.
Comment from Roxanna Andrews
Wow, I'm not even sure what to say here. It is wonderfully written, but terribly sad as well. There is alcoholism in my family as well, but not with parents but relatives. My beautiful niece which is so sad.
This is encouraging however to know you can learn and change. My niece has been court ordered to rehab, but if you don't want to quit it does not good, which it hasn't. I'm just waiting hear someone grabbed coming out of a bar some night.
My brother will lose his mind.
I am so sorry you had to endure all this, I have no idea really what you have been thru, but it seems you have come out the other side, thank the Lord.
All is well done, the poems as well. Thank you for sharing your life. It could mean the saving of another life. The Lord bless you. Roxanna
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Wow, I'm not even sure what to say here. It is wonderfully written, but terribly sad as well. There is alcoholism in my family as well, but not with parents but relatives. My beautiful niece which is so sad.
This is encouraging however to know you can learn and change. My niece has been court ordered to rehab, but if you don't want to quit it does not good, which it hasn't. I'm just waiting hear someone grabbed coming out of a bar some night.
My brother will lose his mind.
I am so sorry you had to endure all this, I have no idea really what you have been thru, but it seems you have come out the other side, thank the Lord.
All is well done, the poems as well. Thank you for sharing your life. It could mean the saving of another life. The Lord bless you. Roxanna
Comment Written 06-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thank you for the awesome review. I will be trying to post a chapter a week. The book is available on amazon and writtendreams.com. my story is not so different from others in recovery but if you continue to read, you will see there is hope.
Comment from nancy_e_davis
That was loooong and deep. My goodness you were a troubled person weren't you. Family tree. No drinkers in mine except my maternal grandfather. None that affected me. No nuts either. This was an interesting essay. Well thought out and presented. Well done Dallas. Nancy
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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That was loooong and deep. My goodness you were a troubled person weren't you. Family tree. No drinkers in mine except my maternal grandfather. None that affected me. No nuts either. This was an interesting essay. Well thought out and presented. Well done Dallas. Nancy
Comment Written 06-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thanks, Nancy. It is a chapter in my book which is out there. I am going to try and share a chapter each week. They sll wont be that long.
Comment from Spitfire
You've come a long way to be able to sit back and write about this. Many high schools now have clubs for the children of alcoholics. I applied the defense mechanism to analyze the four children of drinker Ray Walls. His daughter Jeannette writes about they each handled the problem differently. Her true story The Glass Castle is an interesting movie, but her beautiful writing makes the book even better.
I liked the transitional poetry. This is an important issue. Start looking for an agent, Dallas. Like Jeannette Walls, you may have a best seller.
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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You've come a long way to be able to sit back and write about this. Many high schools now have clubs for the children of alcoholics. I applied the defense mechanism to analyze the four children of drinker Ray Walls. His daughter Jeannette writes about they each handled the problem differently. Her true story The Glass Castle is an interesting movie, but her beautiful writing makes the book even better.
I liked the transitional poetry. This is an important issue. Start looking for an agent, Dallas. Like Jeannette Walls, you may have a best seller.
Comment Written 05-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thanks a lot, Sheri. I read the book and saw the movie. She was in Wheeling last week and spoke at one of our colleges. I didn't make it but a couple from my writing group did and got a photo shoot.. I shot myself in the foot when I wrote this anonymously. It has been impossible to promote it here. I chose to do that for two reasons: Trying to keep with the tenets of AA, which is anonymity and I didn't want to expose family members. But my sister, who is a retired school teacher said she didn't mind, and my son said as long as I changed the names he didn't care. Am trying to promote on my facebook author page and twitter.
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Great that your family supports you.
Comment from Joan E.
Thank you for the courage to share this experience in a poetry and memoir form. The most surprising part of the group interaction was the photographer, who was brought in to document "the varying degree of misery". You captured how challenging recovery is with your focus on the "loss of spirit". I regret not having the six stars this post deserves. Here's to you! -Joan
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thank you for the courage to share this experience in a poetry and memoir form. The most surprising part of the group interaction was the photographer, who was brought in to document "the varying degree of misery". You captured how challenging recovery is with your focus on the "loss of spirit". I regret not having the six stars this post deserves. Here's to you! -Joan
Comment Written 05-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thanks, Joan. The same photographer took a group picture on completion. They looked like night and day.
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I imagine you included the before and after photographs in your book to underscore the contrast. Sighs- Joan
Comment from Artasylum
I've been hit over the head with alcoholism since I was a toddler. It is a very difficult life for the addict it has maybe two outcomes... and I always pray for redemption and the strength to walk away. Amazing poems, Amazin stories... thanks for sharing this part of you. I'm grateful. yours, diana
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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I've been hit over the head with alcoholism since I was a toddler. It is a very difficult life for the addict it has maybe two outcomes... and I always pray for redemption and the strength to walk away. Amazing poems, Amazin stories... thanks for sharing this part of you. I'm grateful. yours, diana
Comment Written 05-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thank you for the kind review.
Comment from Alexander Vasa
Hello, what a fascinating read. I have never read anything like this before, and even though it's non-fiction prose, you have a lovely turn of phrase:
bouncing off the walls of my apprehension.
And you make these lovely writing statements throughout. Do you think addiciton is genetically inherited? I have never thought this way before. I saw no errors and enjoyed this very compelling work from start to finish, thanks for sharing it, Ana.
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Hello, what a fascinating read. I have never read anything like this before, and even though it's non-fiction prose, you have a lovely turn of phrase:
bouncing off the walls of my apprehension.
And you make these lovely writing statements throughout. Do you think addiciton is genetically inherited? I have never thought this way before. I saw no errors and enjoyed this very compelling work from start to finish, thanks for sharing it, Ana.
Comment Written 05-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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My addiction was to alcohol and yes there is a genetic predisposition. Thank you for your kind review.
Comment from Swampfox1
You write that: "A family, whose genetic history contributes to their addiction" How can addiction be inherited except when the mother is addicted at the time of birth? A profuse statement but can you provide anything to back that up? There is a family in my home town in which every member is addicted to something. It takes a person who feels unfilled and stressed out to be addicted. I did some research for a paper at the university and discovered a lot about addiction, I did learn that sometimes the drug seeks the person sometimes. Very difficult to explain I will have to retrieve the paper and study on it in order to be able to better explain it. Thanks for sharing.
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reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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You write that: "A family, whose genetic history contributes to their addiction" How can addiction be inherited except when the mother is addicted at the time of birth? A profuse statement but can you provide anything to back that up? There is a family in my home town in which every member is addicted to something. It takes a person who feels unfilled and stressed out to be addicted. I did some research for a paper at the university and discovered a lot about addiction, I did learn that sometimes the drug seeks the person sometimes. Very difficult to explain I will have to retrieve the paper and study on it in order to be able to better explain it. Thanks for sharing.
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The highest and the lowest rating are not included in calculations.
Comment Written 05-Apr-2018
reply by the author on 06-Apr-2018
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Thank you for the great review. Me and my families drug of choice was alcohol of which there is a genetic predisposion. Thank you for becoming a fan. Most of my portfolio is devoted to poetry.
