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    • Hello, glad to meet you…

      Hi everyone, I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself to this wonderful group. I am a man in my early 30s who has struggled for a long time due my mothers...

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    • Exasperated Son

      Hi, not sure where to start and thinking I’ll need 1000+ pages to convey all that’s going on and how it’s making me feel. I’m so frustrated. I’m a mid 40’s male who’s 69 year...

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    • Explaining alcoholism to children

      Hi there, I have a 5 year old and a 3.5 year old. Their dad is an alcoholic and is not in contact. I have told the children that daddy is in hospital but...

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    • Like a ton of bricks

      Hey everyone, I'm around the five month mark of no contact with my mum. All week I've felt so tearful and exhausted on the brink of tears. I was able to cry a...

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    • Any thoughts on what to do when your parents get old?

      So me and my brother have supported my mother since we were teenagers and things have gotten progressively worse. Over time she has become recluse and with reclusion comes accelerated mental deterioration and she...

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