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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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    • Strange Times

      My mam passed away 8 years ago with alcohol dependency. There was myself and my sister. I've always had a complex toxic relationship with her and around 7 years ago we had a argument...

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      Posted by: sparklecoordinator
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    • Father – a poem to you.

      Father, I feel betrayed deep in my bones. For your love is all I've ever longed for. It was a push and pull. A Turbulence. The past decade has felt so rough, I know mums death took it out on...

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      Posted by: tm19x
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    • I’m exhausted but scared to cut contact

      I was adopted when I was very young and my adoptive dad is an alcoholic. My family sees the problem, including my mum who has told me numerous times how afraid she is of...

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      Posted by: anonymous123
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  • Feeling lonely
    Hello. I am new to this group and want to know how other people are dealing with feeling lonely. I am only 10 with 2…
  • A rough couple of months
    Hi again COAs, I’m returning again to this wonderful message board to process the last couple of months a little, and continue to share my…
  • I tried to give him peace, but will I ever find mine
    Hello all. This is my first time posting here, so apologies if my message is too long Growing up, I didn't actually know my dad…
  • New here – Taking first steps
    Hi, Ive coped reasonably well with dealing with my mum's alcoholism, but I think I've largely just contained it, without really addressing it. She died…
  • Nearly 17 years
    I lost my father to alcoholism 17 years ago. I was 24 at the time and had been expecting the end for many years. It…

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  • Hi Penelopy It's really brave of you to share your feelings and I'm so glad you found the safe space of the message boards at…
    papaya29 on Feeling lonely
  • Hello Penelope, your message really touched me. It is such a lonely place being the child of an alcoholic as you feel other children in…
    catswithbells on Feeling lonely
  • Hello penelopy, Thank you for sharing this here. Writing about it and posting it can take courage – how did it feel to put it…
    listener on Feeling lonely
  • Thank you for sharing. It's so interesting to hear how similar a lot of this is. The two exact things where you said about not…
    sunbear123 on Nearly 17 years
  • Hi, thank you so much for posting and for sharing some of your story. I am so sorry to hear about how unwell your dad…
    listener on A rough couple of months

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