Never Like My Father: Childhood Trauma, Family Addiction, and One Sacred Promise

"Dear God, I will never, ever, EVER be like my father. I will never drink. I will never hurt people. I will never make my children scared. I promise. Amen."

On Easter morning, six-year-old Olivia Parker is on her knees in a cramped Ohio bathroom, wiping vomit off her father's shirt while he shakes on the toilet. In that moment, she makes a sacred promise: she will grow up to be the opposite of this man.

Never Like My Father, Book 1 of The Daughter of a Drunk series (family saga novel), follow...