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In the essay "Under the Influence: Paying the Prize of My Father's Booze" Scott Russell Sanders shows how children of alcoholic parents suffer from self blame and how that blame can affect them for the rest of their life. In this essay Scott Russell Sanders illustrates the troubles he experienced as a young boy due to his fathers drinking problem. Many times he overheard his mothers encouraging words as she pleaded with his father to stop drinking. His father ignored her and left the house. He would stay gone for days, sometimes even weeks. Young Scott blamed himself for his father's addiction to alcohol. Many children in today's society also blame themselves for their parent's addiction. Especially children who are physically or sex