re: How many of you do not know your parents or have not seen one or the other for a

My mother passed away 14 years ago from cancer and I just recently saw my dad at my grandmothers funeral for the first time in 8 years. I cut off my relationship with my dad when I got sober because he is an alcoholic with a pain pill addiction. Him and my stepmom are the most drama filled people I know and I stay away from shite like that these days.