Never Like My Father

Childhood Trauma, Family Addiction, and One Sacred Promise

Howard Kane

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Hidden Alpha Capital LLC
22 November 2025

Plays & playscripts; Coping with drug & alcohol abuse; Family & relationships

Series: The Daughter of a Drunk

""Dear God, I will never, ever, EVER be like my father. I will never drink. I will never hurt people. I will never make my children scared. I promise. Amen.""

On Easter morning, six-year-old Olivia Parker is on her knees in a cramped Ohio bathroom, wiping vomit off her father's shirt while he shakes on the toilet. In that moment, she makes a sacred promise: she will grow up to be the opposite of this man.

Never Like My Father, Book 1 of The Daughter of a Drunk series (family saga novel), follows twelve years of trying to keep that impossible vow. Olivia teaches her little brother where to hide when her father's footsteps turn dangerous, juggles two broken households, shields her mother, and becomes the straight-A ""good girl"" everyone can rely on. If she's perfect, maybe the chaos will finally stop.

But perfection has a cost. As her father's drinking escalates and the family shatters, Olivia learns that loving an alcoholic means carrying secrets that refuse to stay buried, and that walking away from him can break your heart and save your life at the same time.

Step onto the bathroom floor beside her. One sacred promise and a girl determined not to break it.

By: Howard Kane
Imprint: Hidden Alpha Capital LLC
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9781968387136
ISBN 10: 1968387137
Series: The Daughter of a Drunk
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 22 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

As a former Fortune 500 executive, he knows what it feels like to appear successful on the outside while quietly unraveling on the inside. For years, he hid his drinking behind late nights, busy calendars, and a polished smile. When he finally faced the truth about his addiction, he discovered that recovery wasn't just possible; it was life-changing.Howard channels that experience into memoir-style novels that explore addiction, family trauma, money, and power. His five-book saga, The Daughter of a Drunk, follows Olivia Parker from a terrified little girl in a small Ohio town, vowing she'll never be like her father, to a woman fighting billionaires, corrupt institutions, and her own worst impulses. Beginning with Never Like My Father, the series blends coming-of-age drama, generational alcoholism, and high-stakes whistleblower suspense into one continuous, bingeable story.He also writes standalone novels rooted in alcohol dependence and recovery, including The Double Life of a High-Functioning Alcoholic, which pulls back the curtain on the addiction that hides behind ambition and success, and From Wine Mom to Sober Mom, which shines a light on the unique struggles mothers face when drinking threatens everything they love.Through raw honesty and lived experience, Howard's books show that surviving a drunk parent or being the drunk parent is only the beginning. The real story is what you do with the wreckage. Readers describe his work as ""impossible to put down"" because the characters feel uncomfortably real, and their choices never come cheap.If you've ever questioned your relationship with drinking, grown up in the shadow of someone else's, or wondered how far you'd go to protect the people you love, Howard Kane's stories are for you.Website: https: //selfcarejourneybooks.com/