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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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- End stages of alcoholism- journalling and thoughts
  Hello. It has been almost 1 year since I posted on this board about my dad. Remarkably he is still here but I can't imagine it will be much longer. I saw him today...
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  Posted by: sunbear123
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- Am I wrong for stopping my mum from seeing my children
  Around 4 years ago I moved out of our family home and moved in with my partner as we were expecting our first baby. My (alcoholic) mum didn’t take this very well, she would...
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  Posted by: acoalistener
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- Alcoholic dad refuses to get help
  My dad has been an alcoholic for at least 12 years, I think he started drinking more than normal in 2010 (when I was 15) and it gradually got worse. By 2013 (when I...
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  Posted by: nevermind
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