I'm no expert either and GB is right, all you can control is you. Living with a parent with any sort of mental illness can be harmful but some kids do just fine. Those that tend to do best have lots of love and support and security from the other people around them.

So you think your H is drinking? That's a whole 'nother can-o-worms.

Me 57/H 58
M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.
Caroline Myss