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      Anyone else feel like they want to drink when they start to feel sad or if something bad happens. I do because I can't cope with sitting in silence by myself and hating myself. Then...

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      Posted by: tm19x
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    • Buying booze – enabling?

      Hi all, first post. I'm struggling with my dad's drinking which has started spiraling lately - could be drinking about 20 cans of strong cider a day and he has stage 3 cirrhosis. Sometimes...

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    • Enabling or harm reduction?

      Hi all, first post. My dad is a chronic alcoholic and has stage 3 cirrhosis, won't get help. I'm aware and accepting there's nothing I can do for him unless he wants to stop. However...

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    • my experience with a alcoholic mum

      a little background on my story, my mum has been a alcoholic since she was 16 years old due to a traumatic childhood her mother neglected her and made her live with her grandmother...

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    • Getting tired

      My mum has been an alcoholic ever since I can remember, my earliest memory of her being drunk is around 5 years old, I’m now 27. I’ve always known that my mum was different and...

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