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    • All I feel is anger

      My mum was a functioning alcoholic for the first 15 years of my life. She split from my dad when I was a baby and it was always just me and her. I remember...

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      Posted by: stripeyblanket
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    • Mom in denial about addiction

      My mom is in complete denial of her addiction and I don't know what to do anymore. Whenever I confront her about her drinking she treats me like I'm the one accusing her of...

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      Posted by: phoenixschild
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    • Guilt

      I have lost both my parents to alcohol, my dad was a drinker for as long as I can remember, but when we lived in Ireland it was social drinking with his friends...

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      Posted by: sandeelilly
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    • Age is only a number

      I'm a single child now 48yrs old. Both my parents have died. My mum at 18 and my dad in 2023. They were both alcoholics. One functioning and one non functioning. Home was a...

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      Posted by: violet1242
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    • Love

      Dear whoever- void What do I lack to live a life desperate, silent Longing to be loved. Feeling like my default is broken, the structure is damaged or oddly contorted. My bones, body ached to be embraced. To feel...

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      Posted by: tm19x
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