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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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      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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