No-one that knows me (apart from immediate family) knows that I live with my mother who is alcohol dependent and has been all of my life. I am in my late 30’s now and I…
I have never admitted this before
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Anger
Hello everyone I wanted to come on and talk about something I haven’t really noticed before. It’s that when my mum drinks she seems to get really angry about small things that don’t really matter…
Feeling lonely
Hello. I am new to this group and want to know how other people are dealing with feeling lonely. I am only 10 with 2 older siblings supporting me and I sometimes feel bad for…
A rough couple of months
Hi again COAs, I’m returning again to this wonderful message board to process the last couple of months a little, and continue to share my story in the hope it helps others experiencing similar. Christmas,…
I tried to give him peace, but will I ever find mine
Hello all. This is my first time posting here, so apologies if my message is too long Growing up, I didn’t actually know my dad was an alcoholic. I just knew that on the good…
New here – Taking first steps
Hi, Ive coped reasonably well with dealing with my mum’s alcoholism, but I think I’ve largely just contained it, without really addressing it. She died of a drink related disease 4 years ago now and…
Nearly 17 years
I lost my father to alcoholism 17 years ago. I was 24 at the time and had been expecting the end for many years. It was a major part of my childhood. I created his…
The Anger.
Hi!, this is my first time posting on here so a bit iffy, my teacher told me about this and printed some stuff out for me and I found that it had a message board,…
It’s so hard coping with processing her life as well as her death
Hiya. I just sort of want to blurt my feelings about my mum to people who would understand. I turned 18 like a week ago so I’m very freshly in the adult category but I…
Well and truly on the rollercoaster as a COA
Hello to all my fellow COA’s Here’s to all of us on our respective journeys, our strength, our patience, our love, our fight, our tears, our frustrations, our anger, our anxieties, our being. 3 months…
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