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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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- 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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Hi sunbear123, I am very sorry for the loss of your dad. I lost my mum less than a month ago and discovered NACOA recently…
galateq13 on Rest in peace, Dad.
Hi sunbear123, I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your father. That can't have been an easy thing to share, so thank…
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