I am a 25 year old woman. When I was 18 I got two jobs and moved out to get away from my dad. He is an alcoholic and my whole life I watched him be horrible to my mom and I. As soon as I moved out I was married to my high school sweetheart. We have a family now. Everything is perfect and I have a very happy life now!

My dad has been “okay” on an off since I moved out. He’s never met my husband and refuses to. Now he seems to be on another bender and is calling me all hours of the night, asking me to send pictures of myself and my son so he can “show us off”. It immediately sends me into a horrible trigger of panic whenever he talks to me. I can’t describe the feeling very well but it’s like I was punched in the chest and my whole world stops.

This seems so silly that his actions are still affecting me this many years later. I have such negative feelings towards him to the point I would never like to talk to him or see him again..I don’t know what to do 🙁