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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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      Posted by: alonenowsober
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    • Drinking Culture and trauma

      In September, it'll be my work's annual company day, usually a day away with an overnight stay. I missed one year, the only year I attended was tame due to cost saving, so they...

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      Posted by: onthemerrygoroundagain
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  • Alcoholic and manipulator MOTHERS
    Anyone here with alcoholic and masterly manipulative mother? I know some alcoholics are clumsy and ‘fun’ but mine was and is so evil when drunk…
  • Reaching out
    Hey so I'm new here and this is the first time I think I have ever shared my experience, partly because I'm the youngest of…
  • Trapped
    Hi everyone This isn’t a new thing I have just been struggling a bit more with it lately. When ever I get home from school…
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    Hi all, I'm new here and usually just view the message boards. I lost my dad in October 2025 to an alcohol overdose, he was…
  • Different feelings different days
    I haven't spoken to my mum and step-dad properly now for over six months. I guess the best place to start would be at the…

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  • Hi Thanks for reaching out and posting on this site. In my case it was my father who would disappear into his study with whisky…
    papaya29 on Alcoholic and manipulator MOTHERS
  • Hi Just wanted to say you're not alone in feeling like this and hope it's been helpful in reaching out on here. As the previous…
    papaya29 on Reaching out
  • Hi my mum was an alcoholic and I totally get it . I lost and grieved my mum little by little every day . When…
    kezza2 on Alcoholic and manipulator MOTHERS
  • Thank you for sharing your story. In my case it was my dad who was the alcoholic but I have a cold and selfish mother…
    catswithbells on Alcoholic and manipulator MOTHERS
  • Hi - I know you posted this a while ago but I just wanted to reply. When I bought up the problem of alcohol in…
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