Arabella Byrne| The family cycle of addiction #LunchtimeLives

Today we speak with prolific journalist and writer Arabella Byrne about the family cycle of addiction.

Her father and mother both were addicted to alcohol, and then developed a problem herself in young adulthood. This is an uplifting story of shared recovery, while being mindful of the ways we are affected by childhood issues as we grow into adult life and parenthood.

Arabella recently wrote an article in The Mail with her novelist mother, Julia Hamilton, about their shared journeys of recovery. Click here to read.

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