Hi all, first post. My dad is a chronic alcoholic and has stage 3 cirrhosis, won’t get help. I’m aware and accepting there’s nothing I can do for him unless he wants to stop. However…
Enabling or harm reduction?
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics
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my experience with a alcoholic mum
a little background on my story, my mum has been a alcoholic since she was 16 years old due to a traumatic childhood her mother neglected her and made her live with her grandmother instead…
Getting tired
My mum has been an alcoholic ever since I can remember, my earliest memory of her being drunk is around 5 years old, I’m now 27. I’ve always known that my mum was different and…
Am I sensitive or do my family members not care anymore
I’ve lived with my alcoholic dad since birth – the obligatory traumatic experiences, throwing things, punching things, throwing my things (as a young child), leaving me locked in a house at night when I was…
Time to walk away?
I think I have made the decision to tell my Dad that I won’t be visiting in any capacity until he accepts he needs help and gets it. I guess I’m just wondering if this…
I think growing up with an alcoholic father has completely screwed up my life
I am 44 year old man who grew up with an alcoholic father. I left home when I was 22. I am dealing with issues of low self-worth, anger and sadness which I think are…
Me, my mum and her drinking
I’m new to this page. I’m currently 19, my mum passed away when I was 10 years old after a long battle with being an alcoholic. I’ve spent my teen years angry at her for…
husband drinks
hi all, My husband (69) gets drunk at the pub with a friend at least 2 times a week He leaves at 1pm and comes home at 7pm. They drink and do a crossword, but…
Capacity
You say dad has capacity to make his own choices, well can’t you see what we as his children could see. They say it’s an illness, an awful disease. Where is the help, the intervention…
Advice for controlling my emotions
I’m not entirely sure about what to say here but recently I’ve been struggling quite bad with my Dad’s alcoholism so I thought writing on here might make me feel better, as well as anyone…
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