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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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