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    • Letting go

      I've returned from what I believe I'd the last visit to my mother I'll ever make. I had to drop everything and find to Ireland from the UK at 3am due to a call...

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      Posted by: zeebee
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    • Dysfunctional siblings

      Hi everyone, I guess I'm just wondering if anyone can relate or have a similar issue with their siblings... We have all experienced trauma as a result of parental alcoholism from both parents and have dealt...

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      Posted by: bbaggins
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    • Forms of Support

      What forms of support people have found helpful. Which groups offer, for example, group meetings and which only offer individual support. Support that is based on religious principles and that which isn't. Support groups...

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      Posted by: midlandson
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    • Bereaved

      My mum was an alcoholic for as long as I can remember. I have been through years of heartache, anger and resentment. Despite losing everything-friends, family, job, house she was in denial till the...

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    • Cry for help

      My mum has drank for as long as I can remember but I’d say the last 6/7 years it has got worse and she starts drinking about 12/1pm it has been 11am before!!! I...

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      Posted by: alwayshere
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    • A letter I never sent.

      A letter I wrote months ago but felt I could never send… I know that no matter how much I beg and plead and wish for you to see that your life is valuable, that...

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  • Feeling lonely
    Hello. I am new to this group and want to know how other people are dealing with feeling lonely. I am only 10 with 2…
  • A rough couple of months
    Hi again COAs, I’m returning again to this wonderful message board to process the last couple of months a little, and continue to share my…
  • I tried to give him peace, but will I ever find mine
    Hello all. This is my first time posting here, so apologies if my message is too long Growing up, I didn't actually know my dad…
  • New here – Taking first steps
    Hi, Ive coped reasonably well with dealing with my mum's alcoholism, but I think I've largely just contained it, without really addressing it. She died…
  • Nearly 17 years
    I lost my father to alcoholism 17 years ago. I was 24 at the time and had been expecting the end for many years. It…

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  • Hi Penelopy It's really brave of you to share your feelings and I'm so glad you found the safe space of the message boards at…
    papaya29 on Feeling lonely
  • Hello Penelope, your message really touched me. It is such a lonely place being the child of an alcoholic as you feel other children in…
    catswithbells on Feeling lonely
  • Hello penelopy, Thank you for sharing this here. Writing about it and posting it can take courage – how did it feel to put it…
    listener on Feeling lonely
  • Thank you for sharing. It's so interesting to hear how similar a lot of this is. The two exact things where you said about not…
    sunbear123 on Nearly 17 years
  • Hi, thank you so much for posting and for sharing some of your story. I am so sorry to hear about how unwell your dad…
    listener on A rough couple of months

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