Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Still, Small Voice
    The Still, Small Voice
    The Still, Small Voice
    Ebook20 pages20 minutes

    The Still, Small Voice

    By Bonnie Owens

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    I loved my parents and I really knew they loved me – but, during the first 10 years of my life, alcoholism had completely taken over our lives. So, instead of life flourishing - everything was dying. Relationships, finances and every emotional area were affected. They say alcoholism is a disease and it affects everyone close to the alcoholic. It’s a family disease as well and it’s difficult for family members to recognize that because they are in the middle of the chaos.

    It is estimated that well over 8 million kids under 18 years old live with at least one alcoholic parent. That is a lot of craziness! There are a lot of children who are living in the story I’m telling here.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBonnie Owens
    Release dateJun 8, 2011
    ISBN9781466064119
    The Still, Small Voice
    Author

    Bonnie Owens

    A person that loves to write, express ideas, thoughts, teachings and inspire.

    Related to The Still, Small Voice

    Related ebooks

    Self-Improvement For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Blood Oranges

      Jul 24, 2019

      Blood Oranges
      10 min read

    • Article

      Happy Endings

      Sep 1, 2023

      Happy Endings
      5 min read

    • Article

      What Are You Really Crying About?

      Jun 14, 2020

      — “I love to cry — as long as it’s not about my life.” It was a simple statement, a line I’ve said a thousand times before. But when your dad is a shrink — like mine — you never know where a conversation might take you.  A few months ago I was visiti

      3 min read

    • Article

      Heavy Heart

      Feb 5, 2022

      Heavy Heart
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Last hang Over

      Jan 18, 2024

      The Last hang Over
      7 min read

    • Article

      Letter To My Younger Self

      Dec 13, 2021

      Letter To My Younger Self
      3 min read

    • Article

      Little House

      Jun 5, 2023

      On Monday nights our mother made popcorn and served it to us in mugs with milk poured over. My younger sister and I carried our mugs into the family room and ate the popcorn with spoons, like cereal. We were five and seven. Until we were allowed to s

      21 min read

    • Article

      Pops&Me

      Oct 1, 2021

      Pops&Me
      7 min read

    • Article

      Dirty Daddy

      Sep 7, 2023

      Dirty Daddy
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Sound And Smell Of Poison

      Nov 1, 2019

      The Sound And Smell Of Poison
      10 min read

    • Article

      Mi querida Sanaë

      Jun 16, 2020

      Mi querida Sanaë
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Gift of Sobriety

      Sep 26, 2022

      The Gift of Sobriety
      8 min read

    • Article

      After Prison, I Became a Better Dad

      Jun 14, 2019

      “Even when a parent has been part of a child’s pain, that parent’s love can still be the antidote.”

      6 min read

    • Article

      By Fiona Killackey

      Nov 1, 2017

      Forty-five minutes. That’s all it took for Mum to go from isto was. She was seemingly okay, packing books to read for what she assumed would be a long wait at the hospital (for a check-up, as she hadn’t been feeling well for twenty-four hours), and w

      4 min read

    • Article

      Elena Ferrante Beautiful No More!

      Oct 7, 2020

      Elena Ferrante Beautiful No More!
      6 min read

    • Article

      Our Little Game

      Feb 16, 2023

      Splashing around in the water, the beach was a normal outing. With my two brothers running around Swansea Beach, my mum, Agatha*, now 53, and dad, Carl, now 55, watched us from a distance. We’d tend to go to the seaside quite a lot, and at age four,

      6 min read

    • Article

      THE greatest LOVE

      Oct 21, 2021

      THE greatest LOVE
      10 min read

    • Article

      Why I Don’t Write

      Mar 7, 2019

      Why I Don’t Write
      6 min read

    • Article

      This is The End

      Feb 21, 2020

      This is The End
      6 min read

    • Article

      Ferrante Elena Beautiful No More!

      Oct 7, 2020

      Ferrante Elena Beautiful No More!
      6 min read

    • Article

      Speaking out

      Mar 23, 2023

      Speaking out
      6 min read

    • Article

      Here’s What I Don’t Say

      Jun 1, 2019

      Here’s What I Don’t Say
      13 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Still, Small Voice

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Still, Small Voice - Bonnie Owens

      The Still, Small Voice

      By Bonnie Owens

      Published by Bonnie Owens at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 Bonnie Freed

      Smashwords License Statement

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      The Still, Small Voice

      By Bonnie Owens

      I wanted to escape the pain, confusion and loneliness – life seemed unfair but there was a light ahead for me….

      My dad was an alcoholic --- confusion, isolation and solitude had become familiar and sad places. It was a time of a family crisis for me. We had become the family that was messed up.

      My parents were both musicians. Dad played the trumpet and mom played the piano. Music was always in our home and I loved that. They knew all the big-time jazz bands and talked about them endlessly along with all the great songs of their time – the 30’s and 40’s. There were stories about the times my dad could have played for a big band. Those opportunities always seemed to slip thru his fingers. He wrote beautiful songs that were never published. He had big dreams but they never materialized.

      Drinking played a big role in his life and I’m sure this

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1