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    • Boundaries – why is it so hard !

      Hi everyone, This last week following mother's day I realised that I just couldn't watch my mum get drunk anymore and sadly I don't think I've ever been able to be myself around her. I've...

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      Posted by: katy996
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    • How do I live my life

      My dad has had issues with alcohol misuse all my life. As a veteran with severe ptsd, he has used alcohol to numb his memories. The last few months, he has been drunk every...

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      Posted by: pixiepenelope
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    • 77 year old mum

      Mum has always had a few drinks but after my dad died in 2021 it has become progressively worse. I'm 45 and she is 77. She lives alone most of the time but family come to...

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      Posted by: rachel
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    • One of three

      This is a mess. I’m approaching my 40s. One of three children of an alcoholic parent. Two years ago we found him, nearly dead at the bottom of his stairs, he’d fallen and being...

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      Posted by: thisisamess
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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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    Hi everyone, I am new here but have been reading all the posts from children to adults and have to say they all resonated with…
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    No-one that knows me (apart from immediate family) knows that I live with my mother who is alcohol dependent and has been all of my…
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    Hello everyone I wanted to come on and talk about something I haven’t really noticed before. It’s that when my mum drinks she seems to…
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  • Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us. I am sorry you have had this experience and that there was no support for…
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  • Hi Laila It's so difficult trying to persuade a loved one not to drink. You can't make your mum stop drinking but it may be…
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