My favorite sentence would be.....

I am forty-two as I write these words, and i KNow full well now that my father was an alcoholic, a man consumed by disease rather than by disappointment.

1. compulsively-A person with behavior patterns governed by a compulsion

2. forsaken-To give up.

3. linoleum-A durable, washable material made in sheets by pressing a mixture of heated linseed oil, rosin, powdered cork, and pigments onto a burlap or canvas backing. Linoleum is used as a covering especially for floors.

4. stewed- To be in a state of anxiety or agitation

5. retreats- The act or process of withdrawing, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant.

6. deceitful- Deliberately misleading; deceptive.

7. glimpsed- A brief, incomplete view or look.

8. fierce- Having a savage and violent nature; ferocious