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    • Can never quite get it right

      Being around drunk people is insufferable as is but especially when it’s your mum who you know is going to start yelling any minute now, today I was trying to avoid her in the...

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    • I’m so tired and scared

      Sometimes I really do feel like my mum will never get sober especially on nights like these , she went out to the pub after school and i went with her cuz I worry...

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    • Rant

      (Apologies in advance for this whole thing as it probably won’t make sense and isn’t really worth reading I guess I just need somewhere to offload) Today my mum went to AA with my...

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    • Drunk mum vs sober dad is exhausting

      My mum is an alcoholic and has been for a while but in the last 2-3 years it’s gonna pretty bad , and in the last few years I’ve learnt when your drunk you...

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    • parent doing the 12 steps

      my dad has been doing his 12 steps he over a year sober and 6 months ago just upped and left stating he needs to be alone to just focus on him...

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