Dear mum, First, I love you. It’s Thursday evening, just before Christmas, and I am sitting here alone on the sofa staring at the Christmas tree. I’m extremely sad, angry, disappointed, hurt, afraid, and guilty.…
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Dear mum, First, I love you. It’s Thursday evening, just before Christmas, and I am sitting here alone on the sofa staring at the Christmas tree. I’m extremely sad, angry, disappointed, hurt, afraid, and guilty.…
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 or family.…
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 destructive…
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…
Hi everyone, My alcoholic dad passed away 3 weeks ago. He had been an alcoholic for as long as I can remember. As a child I remember being a Daddy’s girl, but in all honesty…
My mom is an alcoholic and quite frankly it’s ruining my life. She doesn’t want help, she says she doesn’t want to get better because there’s no point so I don’t know how to support…
Im 58 My father was an alcoholic when i was a child – He died over 25 years ago Does anyone else feel the effects still from their experience. Mine was over 45 years ago.…
Has anybody benefitted from talking to a counsellor? Do you find they struggle to understand why this affects you in adult life? That’s been my experience so far.. Can anybody recommend a good counsellor/ ways…
Does anybody feel like alcohol contributed to their isolation? My mother was a single mum for a chunk of my childhood, but after marrying my stepdad – a functioning alcohol dependent – lost meaningful contact…
(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 dad…
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