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- Mum’s gone
  My mum has been an alcoholic all my life. The last decade things got worse and worse, and she died from decompensated liver disease on 3rd March. I have been trying to make her better...
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  Posted by: daffodil
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- Is this alcohol related?
  I’m in a really difficult place right now and could use some advice on navigating a situation that has only grown more complicated over time. A few years ago, I went through cancer treatment, and...
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  Posted by: ephe1
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- Birthdays
  I could only wish for you to feel at peace that was all you ever deserved I can't pretend this doesn't come with a heavy sadness you aren't here with us we don't get to...
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  Posted by: tm19x
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- To my younger self
  I see you. You’re 14, and you’re doing your best to be a good girl. You don’t realise it but you think that will make everything ok, if you just block the rest out and...
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  Posted by: elvis0707
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- Dechipering it all…
  In 2020, my 10-year marriage ended explosively. My husband had a drinking problem which I struggled to ‘manage’. And amidst the breakdown of my marriage, I was forced to confront my past and how...
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  Posted by: foxpott25
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- Alcoholic Dad dead after drinking and driving
  Three months ago, my alcoholic father died in a car accident where he flipped his jeep multiple times and was thrown from the vehicle. Yesterday we got the toxicology report back and he was...
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  Posted by: acd
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