If you are an adult child of an alcoholic or have been hurt by someone you love, there is hope for forgiveness. The Shadow of My Youth is a powerful true story about the traumatic and sad life of an adult child of an alcoholic father. It is a life where survival is key, and forgiveness comes only by the grace of God. God loves us too well, than for us to dwell in a self-made hell. He'll see us through the storms of life, and there are no storms in paradise.