Alcohol played a large part in the disfunction...Being a female with no father in my society is dangerous. I think that may be so in most societies. Human kind harbors within it's pool of diversity people who prey on others. I think the job of the father is to teach how to defend oneself and to protect those who haven't learned how to protect themselves. For the girl child a father represents the man she will look for as a mate. That's what I missed most when growing up without a father.
Happy New Year @klasanaj, may God Bless your family and land with health and prosperity.