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    • Still healing

      I’ve been through talking therapy so many times and I do think it helps. I have fibromyalgia so I live with chronic pain and fatigue, and it’s suspected that trauma plays a role in...

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      Posted by: here2help
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    • Darkest Days

      You will be unaware of my darkest days I spent years pretending everything was ok You didn’t marry Mum, you married the bottle Beers, Wine & Spirits, all made you waffle nonsense Speaking of, did you ever...

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      Posted by: weepingwillow
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    • My whole life

      Hi I feel like I just need to write this down. I’m almost 58 and my mum has been an alcoholic since I was a child. My dad died from alcoholism aged 59 and...

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      Posted by: haitchb
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    • Feeling left behind in life

      I am 22 years of age and have always lived with my mum and dad. My dad has been an alcoholic ever since I could remember. I don’t have many happy memories from my...

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      Posted by: starfish0415
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    • Unspoken pain

      Going to see you and I'm scared what I will face, seeing you shrunken and in this state will cause too much pain. Almost feels like I'm looking at a mirror of mum's helplessness...

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      Posted by: tm19x
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    • Recovering alcoholic left

      This is a bit of a different one but alcoholic father did good and is in recovery coming up 2 years. We endured the years of his alcohol and stayed close by...

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  • Breaking the chain or over-reacting? Help!
    Hi everyone, I'm the adult daughter of an alcoholic mother, who died 10 years ago of alcohol toxicity when my child was an infant. My…
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    Hi all New to NACOA and this board, wondering if others are in a similar spot. I have just turned 50 and my Dad died…

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