Should I be hurt by their actions or am I overreacting?

[Anonymous]

Long story short, my dad is known for putting his own family against each other…it was my turn. He went and demonized me against my older brothers (but failed to tell them what he did that caused me to distance myself) one of them never liked me and he used it as an excuse to go toe to toe with me and I’d go as far as to say if he would’ve had the chance with no witnesses he would’ve beat me. After ever happened my dad blamed his bad own bad actions on alcohol. Now they’re all talking to each other like normal.

[SexyRedd1966]

Does he still drink... it sounds like you need to love him from a distance, but I never let people's use of alcohol or drugs as a reason to treat me bad... you don't have to take that even if it's your parents

[Asker]

Right. He told my sister he wouldn’t drink anymore and that he wanted to apologize to me but I didn’t know how to process it. I just know that I can’t overlook this anymore. It’s hard for me to process the fact that he pin my own “brother” against me and I could’ve been hurt just because he decided to demonize me and chose to excuse it with alcohol. I haven’t talked to my dad in over a month and quite honestly I don’t feel like ever talking to him ever again. I’m disappointed that my own father would continuously put me into these scenarios.

[SexyRedd1966]

Yeah I see what you're saying and a month is not a long enough time to see if he's really changed I would keep my distance until he proved himself

[Anonymous]

He should apologize.