Category: Children of alcoholics

Katy’s Hate, How No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

July 2, 2016 virginiaseastark 1 Comment

Katy’s Hate or No Good Deed Goes Unpunished By Virginia Carraway Stark I was horribly abused, neglected and treated badly in a plethora of ways when I was growing up, that’s why I tried to always give my all to my kid brother and my half sister, Katy-May, then Katy and more recently, ‘Kat’. Unlike…

Child Abuse, Children of alcoholics, Sexual Abuse

On Bravery

January 10, 2016 virginiaseastark 3 Comments

I am someone who is extraordinarily brave. I have learned this mostly from having it repeated to me by so many people, most of whom have only heard a fraction of what I’ve experienced. I don’t feel like I’m a brave person. I feel like I’m just a person.

Child Abuse, Children of alcoholics, Courage, Sexual Abuse

How My Dad Broke my Silence.

December 17, 2015 virginiaseastark No Comments

When I was run over this summer and spent the night in the hospital my husband was a long ways away and couldn’t be there with me. I called my Dad who got my message and got into his car and headed in the opposite direction because it was too upsetting for him that I…

Child Abuse, Children of alcoholics

For the First Time

December 17, 2015 virginiaseastark No Comments

By Virginia Carraway Stark Over the past couple of days I’ve had my life unravel. After I ran away from home when I was a teenager it was many years before I came back into contact with any of my family. The first thing that happened when I saw my Dad and Stepmother were tearful…

Wolfspiders and Vodka

December 9, 2015 virginiaseastark 4 Comments

One night things became very dark. None of the lights seemed to be working and Judy was sitting in my bed. She had collected quite a few very large wolf spiders and was letting them crawl on her arms. They were the size of my hand. I was horrified. This was NOT a hallucination and my fear of spiders came flooding back all at once.

Child Abuse, Children of alcoholics

The Truth

December 8, 2015 virginiaseastark 12 Comments

The Truth By Virginia Carraway Stark After the last blog I published I had a roaring response from my family who were angered that I dared to talk about the abuse I had suffered. The responses fall into the chart of classic abuse to perfection. The minimized, denied and blamed me for the abuse….