I'm just beginning to confront my family upbringing, and come out of the denial that everything was okay.

So neither of my parents were actually alcoholics, but my therapist recommended me to look into the literature on Adult Children of Alcoholics. She said that the stuff that ACA go through is similar to any dysfunctional family.

After starting to read a book, I see what she is saying. My dad was the "crazy" one. He became irrational sometimes and would get in big arguments with my mom and I. It was a very unpredictable environment at times. And I learned not to show my feelings.

Any advice on how to recover from this would be helpful. Thanks