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    • Should I tell my son about my alcoholic mother?

      My mother has been a functional (and very dysfunctional) alcoholic all of my adult life. She has been in and out of rehab facilities, in and out of AA, with some periods of sobriety but...

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    • My Mum is Dying

      I first noticed my mothers heavy drinking in 1999 when we went on holiday together. We've never had a great relationship, she was quite horrible to me growing up and can be erratic and...

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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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    • 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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    • 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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