We don't know what his daughters/children and ex wife delt with. He may have not been that bad with them or maybe he was and they were to afraid to say anything. It could have been a huge relief when he left for the younger woman. It was a very quiet uncontested divorce as I remember.
Some people live the life the knew growing up, others choose a life they want to live. Alcohol is a terrible thing in the wrong hands, especially if it's someone who has issues and/or doesn't know when to stop. Some people do ok with beer but hard liquor is a big no no. Others even beer is to much and they become irrate and violent. All the suppressed emotions bubble up, and the people who love them or are to afraid to leave them take the abuse.
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