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- I’m 36 years old. My mother has been alcohol dependent for my entire life.
  I really want to share my story with you. I have experienced situations that most people won't ever even think about but I've been trying to get through life but I have now found myself...
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  Posted by: abb
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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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  Posted by: sam123
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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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- I’ve cut my mum off…I know it’s the best for me…but I feel so sad
  After 33 years of having an alcoholic mother, I finally cut her out of my life this year. My I can’t get past this feeling of deep sadness, a kind of grief. I know...
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  Posted by: stephie2905
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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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