In 2020, my 10-year marriage ended explosively. My husband had a drinking problem which I struggled to ‘manage’. And amidst the breakdown of my marriage, I was forced to confront my past and how this…
Dechipering it all…
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Alcoholic Dad dead after drinking and driving
Three months ago, my alcoholic father died in a car accident where he flipped his jeep multiple times and was thrown from the vehicle. Yesterday we got the toxicology report back and he was completely…
Can never quite get it right
Being around drunk people is insufferable as is but especially when it’s your mum who you know is going to start yelling any minute now, today I was trying to avoid her in the most…
Strange Times
My mam passed away 8 years ago with alcohol dependency. There was myself and my sister. I’ve always had a complex toxic relationship with her and around 7 years ago we had a argument about…
Father – a poem to you.
Father, I feel betrayed deep in my bones. For your love is all I’ve ever longed for. It was a push and pull. A Turbulence. The past decade has felt so rough, I know mums…
I’m exhausted but scared to cut contact
I was adopted when I was very young and my adoptive dad is an alcoholic. My family sees the problem, including my mum who has told me numerous times how afraid she is of him…
End stages of alcoholism- journalling and thoughts
Hello. It has been almost 1 year since I posted on this board about my dad. Remarkably he is still here but I can’t imagine it will be much longer. I saw him today having…
Am I wrong for stopping my mum from seeing my children
Around 4 years ago I moved out of our family home and moved in with my partner as we were expecting our first baby. My (alcoholic) mum didn’t take this very well, she would call…
I’m so tired and scared
Sometimes I really do feel like my mum will never get sober especially on nights like these , she went out to the pub after school and i went with her cuz I worry bout…
Alcoholic dad refuses to get help
My dad has been an alcoholic for at least 12 years, I think he started drinking more than normal in 2010 (when I was 15) and it gradually got worse. By 2013 (when I was…
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