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    Does anybody feel like alcohol contributed to their isolation? My mother was a single mum for a chunk of my childhood, but after marrying my…
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    (Apologies in advance for this whole thing as it probably won’t make sense and isn’t really worth reading I guess I just need somewhere to…
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    My mum is an alcoholic and has been for a while but in the last 2-3 years it’s gonna pretty bad , and in the…
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  • First of all well done on now becoming stable and independent. This takes a lot of courage to take steps to change how our childhood…
    run79 on Isolation
  • Hi ephe1 I am pleased you reached out on here. Your last word really got me! Inadequacies... You are not inadequate! Believe in yourself. You…
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  • Hello, thank you so much for your post. I think this is something that a lot of children of alcohol-dependent parents and adult children experience,…
    listener on Isolation
  • Hi catzz_143, It’s brilliant that you have reached out here. This is a space where you can offload and it’s so positive that you recognised…
    listener on Rant
  • Thank you for sharing about this. I think there are so many ways that having an alcohol dependent parent can affect us later in life…
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