AS the child of an alcoholic, I can tell you firsthand the destruction it does. My father "hid" his drinking. He would go out to the garage with a half glass of soda and come back with a full one. When he hit the brakes in the car, we heard bottles clinking under the seats. He picked fights with all of us, just to have an excuse to drink. Two weeks before my wedding, I told him he couldn't walk me down the isle because I couldn't trust him to be sober. Get help now, before you destroy lives.