Hi, sorry for the long message ahead. For context I live in a multi-generational household, where my parents basically act like they are divorced but legally aren’t (e.g., don’t speak to each other or share…
Alcoholic Mother
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics
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Parents split
Hi all so this is a lot to get through My dad and mum are splitting up as my mum has fallen out of love with him and had her heart broken by his alcoholism,…
Breaking the chain or over-reacting? Help!
Hi everyone, I’m the adult daughter of an alcoholic mother, who died 10 years ago of alcohol toxicity when my child was an infant. My child is super skittish about alcohol, and really doesn’t like…
Care assistance and general rant.
Hello, First post here and after some advice hopefully in relation to my Dad For background he’s been a lifelong drinker, pretty much solely in pubs but his drinking increased exponentially since around 2010 when…
Still struggling 10 years on
Hi all New to NACOA and this board, wondering if others are in a similar spot. I have just turned 50 and my Dad died 9 years ago this month aged around 70. He was…
Feeling hopeless and angry
Think like many others, I’ve come here for a bit of an offload. My mum was hospitalised last night from falling down the stairs drunk and knocking herself out, she has a small bleed on…
Hello, glad to meet you…
Hi everyone, I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself to this wonderful group. I am a man in my early 30s who has struggled for a long time due my mothers alcohol…
Exasperated Son
Hi, not sure where to start and thinking I’ll need 1000+ pages to convey all that’s going on and how it’s making me feel. I’m so frustrated. I’m a mid 40’s male who’s 69 year…
Father starting to recover but it’s not enough
My father has been an alcoholic most of my life and is finally starting to attempt recovery, but it feels like too little too late. He wasn’t just an alcoholic, he was rude and manipulative…
Explaining alcoholism to children
Hi there, I have a 5 year old and a 3.5 year old. Their dad is an alcoholic and is not in contact. I have told the children that daddy is in hospital but now…
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