COLLATERAL DAMAGE: The Other Victims

This book is written not only to give hope and inspiration to the alcoholic, but also for the people who suffer from the alcoholics actions. For every alcoholic there are many more who suffer from that person's malady. The suffering may come in the form of abuse, neglect, mental anguish, abandonment or dereliction; this suffering affects a variety of people; from ones marriage partner, to children, loved ones, relatives, friends, superiors and subordinates. . Through these pages perhaps those who are suffering, and those who fall victim to the alcoholic's actions may some how gain some insight and understanding to some of that persons problems; some reasoning for their behavior and for both to realize that there is hope for even what may seem to be the most hopeless case. This is not to excuse or rationalize the drinker's actions, but to help loved ones and others to understand and perhaps offer solutions and even forgiveness instead of making judgments on them.

This is written by a recovering alcoholic with thirty five years of sobriety. One who began drinking by the age of eleven and by sixteen years of age was a jockey who was addicted to alcohol; one who lived this life for the next twenty seven years. Then through a higher power I was saved from the depths of alcoholism and from the age of forty three has lived a happy and successful life, including a third career of twenty years in management with the USPS, and now a forth career as an author.