Ricardo Harvin<p>Sorry, this is paywalled content.</p><p>This describes both of my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EggshellParents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EggshellParents</span></a> and my childhood, along with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alcoholism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>alcoholism</span></a> (dad) and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/codependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>codependence</span></a> (mom, me).</p><p>I barely made it out alive, and didn&#39;t escape its destructive effects until my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marriage</span></a> blew up and brought everything I&#39;d repressed to a roiling boil.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AdultChildrenOfAlcoholicsAndDysfunctionalFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AdultChildrenOfAlcoholicsAndDysfunctionalFamilies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ACA</span></a> saved my life in 2012 <a href="https://adultchildren.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">adultchildren.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.stylist.co.uk/relationships/family-friends/eggshell-parents/789578" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stylist.co.uk/relationships/fa</span><span class="invisible">mily-friends/eggshell-parents/789578</span></a></p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AE3NOPEQESbaK6M_ajthsiA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apple.news/AE3NOPEQESbaK6M_ajt</span><span class="invisible">hsiA</span></a></p>