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…
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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…
Feels like a punch to the gut
Hi, it’s my first post. Where do I even begin? My dad has been alcoholic since I can remember, for about the first 25-30 years of my life he was a functioning alcoholic, now he…
Rock bottom
Hi I’m in my twenties and my dad is an alcoholic who relapsed when i was 13 and has been drinking off and on since then. Things really escalated since covid started and I genuinely…
Seeing my mum after no contact
Hi everyone, I have been no contact with my alcoholic mother for approx 18 months due to her alcoholism and I have heard from family that she has drastically worsened over that time… she has…
To younger self
Dear child, I know you are in pain. I can hear your silent crys, the unanswered desperate wishes. If they could stop would it all be different. Would they be happy if someone took away…
Poem: I Wonder
I Wonder I wonder… why don’t you see, the catastrophic pain inflicted on this family? The broken relationships, the angst, the fear, the hatred, the hurt. It’s all so near. I wonder… what are you…
How do I talk to my parents about their slowly worsening alcholism
I have tried talking to my parents for years about their drinking and each year I see them getting worse. They can function but since my dad’s retirement 3 years ago he has gone downhill…
Can’t take it anymore
I’m 51 years old. I have no friends, because time and time again I upset them without even knowing I’ve done it. People baffle me totally – I have no idea how to be with…
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