bengy81 posted:

I mean, that's basically the approach my dad took with me, I personally can't remember spending any time with him beyond a few fishing trips when he needed a sober driver.
Let me tell you about learning to drive a stick shift Ford truck at 13 from a belligerently drunk man-child.

Anyhow, I turned out fine, I harbor no ill will, and I won't let my emotionally fraught teenage years influence the decision on what nursing home I dump him in the minute his health starts to decline.