If Shakespeare Were an Adult Child of an Alcoholic
If Shakespeare were an Adult Child of an Alcoholic we may have read this sonnet in literature class.
We need not live as victims any more
I is the loneliest of all the words:
While growing up, all that I had was me.
I fin’ly realized that there were herds
Who shared my pain: my “I” became a “we.”
We, alcoholics’ adult children, are
Not alone; together we can stand tall.
Many of us have grown and come quite far
From the circumstance that unites us all.
We need not live as victims any more,
We’re not to blame for who our parents were;
In looking at our futures, what’s in store
Will be so great once that we all concur.
We need not live to please all of the time,
The joy that comes through “We” can be sublime.
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