Who also grew up in a family with an alcoholic?

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I did, and it made my life a hell. My dad's an alcoholic just as long I can remember (and he was a busdriver for many years, unbelievable) My mum decided to get a divorce because of the alcohol when we were 9 and 6 and then everything got even worse. Not only did he drink too much, he became both verbally and fysicaly abusive towards me and my little sister. I've been in the hospital several times for a dislocated jaw, bruises and more. I'm suffering from psychological problems myself and partly I blame my dad for that. Now I'm 24,last time I saw him was 5 months ago when his first grandson was born, before that I hadn't seen him in 3 years! Since the time he visited he didn't even call us to see how I or his grandson was doing. It's hurts a lot seeing he has no interest in us at all, he wasn't a dad to me or my sister, but now he doesn't even want to be a grandfather to my son.. Thank god my father in law is an amazing grandfather, otherwise my son would have had nobody. I've never even touched a drop of alcohol in my life, and I'm so afraid to be near anyone who drinks (even if it's just one glass) that my hussband stopped drinking at all (and he only drunk about 2 beers a week) My dad still thinks he's the greatest dad ever, and telling him otherwise wouldn't be a smart thing to do, i tried that once. Is there anyone else in a similar situation and what did you decide? Do you still have contact with the person?