IF YOU'VE HAD AN ALCOHOLIC PARENT, ACCEPTANCE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FORGIVENESS

Jeannette Walls, author of The Glass Castle, asked by a reporter about being raised by an alcoholic father, offered this insight: 

It’s less about forgiveness than it is about acceptance.  I can’t forgive my father for being an alcoholic — that has nothing to do with me. How can you forgive someone for being damaged? That’s for acceptance."