My dad used to be an alcoholic but he got help and has been sober for 17 years. I’m really proud of him🥰 Seeing him drunk made me decide to stay away from alcohol. I’m 28 and have always said no to drinking since I was a kid.
I encourage you and your family to keep away from. alcohol. Social drinking. and drinking in moderation is encouraging the temptation. to alcohol affective disorder. I understood as a kid that it is awful to be called. future drunkard.
I don't suppose kids today could imagine sitting on the couch listening to records and talking. I miss those days, when people would talk to eachother.
My kids and their friends definitely do...And better yet, they are introducing each other to music from everywhere and period in history - the other day my daughter showed me the old Irish folk songs she'd found. They have access to music and genres I had no idea existed and they are definitely sharing them with their friends.
You never see or hear programs, movies or shows reciting prayers anymore. Sadly that’s what majority of families and kids are lacking today. I thank God I found my way back to Him. He has totally changed my life when my life was in shambles
I'm happy to hear that. A Bible verse I find so true is 'Happy are those who are conscious of their spiritual need'. We definitely need our Creator in our life.
I never thought i would become an alcoholic but i did. I have tried to stop but failed. More then once. I remember reading this book as.a girl. For some reason it has always stuck with me. I never forget. So this movie was like a gift to me. Thanks❤❤❤
@taniagerlach, what you're going through now it's part of your recovery journey. Keep trying (I know it's easier said than done) but there will be one day when you will have your last drink. Believe it! Sending you good energies ❤
I had a childhood friend who was the oldest of 8, and was saddled with responsibilities no child should have. She used to talk to her mother exactly as Francesca. The first time I heard her tell her mother "I'll do it when I have the time, you'll just have to wait" I sat there, like 😳, waiting for her mother to crack her a good one. Only later, when I was older, did I understand. Her mother wasn't an alcoholic, though, just had other issues.
@wk1810 I currently "watch over" my roommates kid whose cell phone has been permanently sealed to his hand. He is on it her entire shift of 12+ hours 3 days a week after which she retrieves him to haul off to the boyfriend for the next 3 (despite thereby wasting what I charge her for rent and the fact that he doesn't understand that this is technically their home). He'll be 6 soon and has never been to school, literally knows nothing but how to pull up the next ignorant video. Even chooses to go without what little food his mom has finally brought in because it'll mean sitting at the table without his phone. She claims she doesn't let him on the phone when they're at the bfs but I don't believe that one bit. He may not have bruises but he is the epitome of abused IMO.
Back when I was 18 , I started drinking , at that time it was legal , but as time went on , I got tired of getting sick from drinking , so I made up my mind that drinking wasn't for me , no matter how depressed or bad days I had , I knew that my life was far more valuble than a bottle of alcohol . This movie is a good wake up call for those who are struggling with their next drink . Thanks for posting , so glad I ran across this , it helps me remember the right choices I made , and not the wrong ones . Thanks !
@@cfinley81 I tried weed once , don't like it , this was when I was 19 / 20 yrs old , now it's legal here , but I don't touch it , cigarettes are my habit , nothing else . Iam 69 going on 70 .
Unfortunately alcoholism runs on my late ex's family. I have 3 out of 7 who are drinkers. They had an uncle who drank excessively, and I felt so sorry for his wife. She put up with a lot. I hate drinking. I hate throwing up, and I hate hang overs. I don't like being around drunk ppl.
@@janetduncan87 I grew to hate my husband , he kept on drinking until he got cancer , and died . I vowed to never marry again , Iam still single to this day , not changing ! I have one cousin that is going down that road , and I expect to hear of his death anyime . Last time I saw him , he had lost weight , thats a sure sign he has cancer . I just couldn't see myself going through that , and making it hard on my kids , its bad enough there is a drunk in the family . Hope your days are brighter , we all need a little sunshine in our lives .
Man, I just realized I would've had 20 years sober last month if I hadn't had that 3 1/2 year relapse. Was sober 11 1/2 years. Now sober again almost 5 years.
Jim, every time you choose to "say no" is a celebration every "no is a victory" Life is a work in progress and 5 years is nothing to scoff at. Keep up the great work
This is why I don't drink. And this movie is so accurate... Growing up with my drunken aunt and uncle, I have some unpleasant experience. I love them ofc but alcoholism is a very uneasy problem...
My partner works all week so never drinks but even the one night he does I despise him. He is a total asshole scuse the language, and what worries me is he is taking early retirement and I can see him on the grot every day. Not something I relish. He always has to start….
@@flight101Well just pray and I'll pray too that the situation will work out. I know sometimes in marriages wives and husbands have difficult problems in their lives . So I can only imagine that people with their partners have problems with underlying issues that can't always easily be solved as life gets so hectic.
I like the maturity of how this is done. Even though the mom is an alcoholic, the daughter is mature enough to be there for her sister. I think most families who have alcoholic parents are more dysfunctional and less likely to handle this kind of thing. I remember watching these after-school specials. They were good.
@@LoloO42 It's both. The oldest child in dysfunctional families have no choice but to mature fast because they become an adult in caring for younger siblings in addition to the alcoholic parent (sometimes both parents) and/or the enabling parent too. The survival mechanism leads to the maturity in the child.
Oh the 70s love of flute gone bad gets my heartstrings every time. This was at the dawn of disco polyester and I was the same age as Francesca. So much critical thinking that is missing in the present day is present in this one. AI will dumb us down on purpose.
I'm so glad that I got sober before having kids. I'm a recovering alcoholic with 15 years clean, and my life was so messed up when I was using, I'm grateful that my son will never have to experience anything like this.
Thanks for uploading these short films. As a french viewer i love them and the issues are very varied.Here the mother is alcoholic ,in another movie the family is mingled and in another one the mother is dying from cancer..these situations are sad but pretty realistic and the cast is good. It helps me to improve my english too and make it perfect that's my dream.
In my family it was my father. It tears families apart, affects everyone. He didn't consider himself an alcoholic because he had a job and only got shltface drunk on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Because in his delusional mind, alcoholics drank every day and didn't have jobs. He didn't drink on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays therefore.... I moved out on my 18th birthday, my sister did the same. My mother eventually divorced him. He never got sober, he never tried to get sober.
It was my younger brother who found my mother passed out in her smoke-filled room with the wastebasket on fire. She never did get sober, and died of complications of alcoholism.
So sorry for your loss..my mother was an alcoholic when I was a child but went to treatment back in 1984 In our state of Minnesota at the Willmar state hospital and treatment for alcoholism, she has been sober and recovered since then. She just turned 80 years old April 29th, 2022 and is a born again Christian and also married to a pastor as she also is the associate pastor of our church. God is a good God when you open up to him and trust him and give your life to his only begotten son Jesus.
New sub here .....I have to say that I really do love watching these short films. They could be longer though but overall I like them. I wish they still made these. Wow u don't see nothing like this on tv anymore. Have a blessed day everybody and keep enjoying these films that this wonderful ,thoughtful person keeps uploading for us all to watch. ❤️💙❤️💙💯. Thank you ..
I recently saw an episode of Family from 1977 where Carol Jones - who played Francesca here - played a 15 year old girl with a drinking problem! That episode, like this one, was very well done although for Carol Jones, it had to be a bit surreal!
This was a great movie. It's good the mother finally decided to seek some help. Looks like she is going to have lots of support from her family, thankfully. Thank you for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
@@ttintagel Im thinking he’s still going through the grieving process. This was in the 70’s and mental health was rarely talked about in those days. Husband and wife both had issues and needed support as well as each other but she went to the bottle and he filled his void with work and leisure activities. So many times I’ve seen families spread apart when a death occurs whereas they should be coming together to heal. For a young teenager, Francesca showed commendable loyalty to her family. Im glad the mother finally sought help but never heard anymore about the father but for a short film it was pretty good.
@ladybug3864 You found this one here, you can find many more. I found and added more than 30 of them to my watch later account and am wading thru them. I had never realized they had started when I was 4 and didn't end until '97! I only ever saw maybe 7 of them in 78-81. If the topic didn't interest me, I preferred outside, Gilligan's island, Brady Bunch, Love Boat, etc. 😂
Yes, poor mom, never have to work, huge home, great children, husband that ensures there is food, heat, lights. Right now, she has so much stress that she has to destroy others' happiness. Awful person who could afford mental help but rather destroy everyone else. No empathy for the mom.
My husbands father was an alcoholic. He was very abusive. My husband didnt have many friends and the friends he did have was not his friends. They made fun of him behind his back. My father is a pastor and my husband always went to church but at a different church. He came to visit and we met and fell in love. My dad was always known to help alcoholics and he didn't give up on my husband's dad. My husband and I when we got married his dad missed our wedding because of his drinking. Then 10 years after we got married we lost our son, he was stillborn when i had him. This broke my husband's dad . He cried so hard and my dad led him into prayer for salvation. He died right after our sons funeral. He had stomach cancer from drinking. My husband has never drank. He is an amazing husband. I love him so much. We ended up losing our daughter in a miscarriage a year later. I try to give my husband all the love i can because he is my hero and hes also a veteran. He is amazing. This year we will be married 20 years!
I like the ending of this short film. It shows there's hope but things could go either way. Maybe her mother got better slowly but it's just as likely she fell back into drinking. It's always great to hang on to hope, but never have ideas that everything will be perfect
This. Thankfully my parents are not, but one of my friends, Lisa, my uncles, aunt and cousins (male + female)are alcoholics... And I'm, a young 20 years old girl am worried for my aunt and two uncles who, I have the impression have no hope to quit ...
Recently, I've decided quitting completely for months until Christmas. I have no withdrawal or whatsoever, no addiction, I've just noticed that when I was drinking it was literally for the feeling of it. To get tipsy (I was never getting drunk or sick, I always respected limits and was always presentable). But, what started as drinking for the taste of it, turned into the desire of being buzzed and joyful... My tolerance grew and what used to be 2 glasses of sangria per Saturday and Sunday, became 6 in order to achieve that buzz. Later on taste was not even the matter anymore, and one day when my mom was in the garden, I took advantage of this short amount of time to drink some gulps of red wine straight from the box, not caring about the sourness and bitterness anymore... Another day, as my mom was sick and laying, I had 3 glasses of Passion fruit liquor, pretending to have orange juice, which worked, but I'm still not proud of this until now... Anytime, when I was buzzed, every consecutive 2 week ends a week, in the house, I would hide from my parents in so many ways. Putting concealer on my cheeks so that my blush is unnoticeable, keeping my eyes very open and focused and blinking a lot, trying to talk as rarely as possible and responding by humming so that my slightly slurred speech is unnoticeable as well... I've been completely sober with not a drop for already 3 months. I want to keep it until Christmas and I thankfully have no trouble doing so. I think my tolerance increase is what really awakened and scared me :')
There were a lot of alcoholic moms in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. So many women were stuck in unhealthy/abusive marriages with kids to take care of and no job experience. Those "good ol' days" really weren't all that good, women didn't have as many rights back then.
If they didnt use alcohol, a lot of women from this time period were rage -o -holics like both my parents, actually. Life is so difficult and happiness is so fragile, a lot of people never make it to their full kindness potential…they get bogged down in anger and sadness. Hugs to everyone who survived their awful parents!!
Yes. Women of today get upset because they gave to work but it's better than being stuck in a relationship you couldn't get out of with everyone saying, "you made your bed, now lie in it." How can you know your husband would become an abusive prat?
@au_barb Can I assume those kids of said alcoholic moms are the cruddy moms of today? Using the various subjects that arrived after alcohol slowed in it's popularity, working their kid's life away, dragging them around to several boyfriends and/or trash talking their father's that they punish by not letting them see them...
I enjoy watching these as much now as I did growing up.I feel fortunate that these specials were there for me as a kid and I was the perfect age for them from about 8-16.As a young boy I do have to admit I liked seeing all the cute young girls the most and This girl Francesca was just adorable..
So many lives ruined over this stuff and they are showing commercials of it as though its glamorous. I hate alcohol but mostly the way it makes some people act.
Martin Tahse, who originally developed the After-School Special for ABC, grew up with alcoholic parents and felt very strongly about how they should be portrayed
There were a lot of alcoholic moms in the 50's, 60's, and 70's. So many women were stuck in unhealthy/abusive marriages with kids to take care of and no job experience. Those "good ol' days" really weren't all that good, women didn't have as many rights back then.
When he said "So what you dont have the All-American family? Who does?" That made me tear up. So used to not living the standard "picture perfect" life or having to hide certain traumas from my past because my life sucked as a kid, this was my first time hearing something like that.
The mother has a great problem driven by grief. So where the heck was the father throughout all this?? Yeah, his work required him to travel... but he knew damn well what his daughters were having to deal with. I say shame on him. And glad that the mom finally came round.
It was not the dads responsibility to get the wife sober.Being a drunk and finding reasons that you are one is nonsense and always your own responsibility to fix
BusLady So if he was there and she still was a drunk would that have made anything better or protected his daughters from anything they still would’ve seen their mother being a drunk
@@chetyoubetya8565 you're right, of course. but it would've taken a lot of the stress off the kids. they wouldn't feel the pressure to take care of her and be the adults. and in some cases, they don't drink so much when the partner is around. i know that was the case when i was younger. i spent as much time out of the house as possible until my dad got back. then she'd put on a show of sobriety, cook dinner, and do the laundry and shit. everyone has their own ways of coping. (like snow said)
I’ve had in and out periods of sobriety first go around I had 6 years then 9 months then 8 months then 1 month then 3 months now coming up on 3 months sober 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
3:55 "I was going to do that [thing that I know damn well I should have done before but sat back and let you handle]" - the siren song of the adult child
@@lisaperry5999 And when he finally did get home from work, he went straight to the golf course. Shows you how much he missed his kids while he was away.
Ok that whole climbing down the rope to escape thing was absolutely horrifying to watch. I was expecting the bed post or the rope to break and they fall resulting in serious injury at best. But then this was the 70s when let’s just say people thought about safety differently. But I guess nowadays maybe a fireman could look at a floor plan and figure out at least 2 ways out and probably more if necessary.
Not many of the actors or crew have familiar names, this movie is like from another planet. The gal playing Francesca was in an episode of FAMILY as Kristy MacNichol’s friend, a teen alcoholic the same timeframe, i think. It was just as campy as this, but she was unusually mature and a strong actress.
The best actor in this was the kid who played the little sister. The actress who played Francesca flubbed so many lines that they left in. I guess the director just gave up after a while and said "Cut, that's a take".
Francesca played an alcoholic teen in an episode of Family…she was Kristy Macnichol’s friend who stayed the weekend and hit rock bottom. She broke into the liquor cabinet. Very campy just like this but also too real and tragic.
What a sad short movie..poor girls and Poor Katie whose anniversary's party is ruined by her mother's appearance in the stairs with a drunken voice..Sad!! The eldest daughter is brave or Francesca and her eyes are beautiful even if i love Katie's hair .It is a bit red and beautiful.
Do you know when there is a part in a movie you watched a long long time ago and it keeps replaying in your head over and over again but can't remember the name of the movie? It was this one. I was so little when it aired on tv and the part in the movie was a girl with halloween makeup crying and all her mascara coming down her face and another girl comforting her at 13:23. It was the only scene I recall.
Oh my goodness yes!! I have a recurring memory of a movie from this era where two kids were snowbound in a VW punchbug that she finally set on fire to alert the rescue planes. I only remember that scene after seeing it ONCE as a kid and never again. Lol!
This movie is really sad the father is never home so I guess he has a next family and the teen girl got to take care of her younger sister and mother but Iam happy to see that the mother is getting help ❤
