"At 70 years of age I’ve absorbed a lot through my labor and my love. Growing up in an abusive household, I saw and heard a lot. Alcohol controlled my father and my mother had to put up with it. I too suffered from alcohol abuse; sober now 17 years. I worked hard yet played hard. The sexual abuse I received luckily lasted only a short time. Although those times were enough to set my life on a collision course."