Courtney Klein

No matter what would happen, my dad was going to pull through.

And then you go and see your dad in a situation like that.

He's, like, living...

in this rundown hole in the wall and he's crying constantly.

He's drunk half the time.

It just was like such a defeating thing to feel and go through.

Cause it's like, I want my dad, I want to help my dad get better, but it's also not my responsibility to take care of him.

and so i was just in this battle like that all the time just what is my responsibility where do i draw a boundary and i was young i was a young mom like i didn't know how to set boundaries for myself at that point like i was learning as i went and everything i did marriage

Like, I was trying to just figure it out by the seat of my pants.

That's where I was at.

Exactly.

He did.

He let what happened become his identity.

Yeah.

100%.

Yeah.

So it got to the point where my mom and him were not speaking.

He was living in the apartment by himself.

I'm living like an hour away.

He was drinking himself to death, finding pills on the street.