Hero Child
Posted in Healing, Spirituality, Feelings, Recovery, Hero Child, adult children of alcoholics on Jan 24th, 2011 Comments
One of the roles in an alcoholic family is to be the hero - the one who fixes the problem, cleans up the mess from the drinking, and is viewed as a savior within that world. I did that a lot, but it was just a mask I hid behind, so people wouldn't see how scared and inadequate I usually felt.
