You should always remember it is just as physically and emotionally draining for the carer as it is for the addicted.
You should always remember it is just as physically and emotionally draining for the carer as it is for the addicted.
Please stop now, as you’ve had plenty.
Please stop now, as you’ve had plenty.
I felt like I couldn’t speak to anybody because I was ‘just an emotional child’.
I felt like I couldn’t speak to anybody because I was ‘just an emotional child’.
‘A healing letter, an approach known as “transactional writing”‘
‘A healing letter, an approach known as “transactional writing”‘
‘It’s more than shame – it’s a secret shame.’
‘It’s more than shame – it’s a secret shame.’
All I want is my mother but I lost my mother to her addiction 25 years ago.
All I want is my mother but I lost my mother to her addiction 25 years ago.
‘I walked on egg shells during my late teenage years. Mum never admitted it.’
‘I walked on egg shells during my late teenage years. Mum never admitted it.’
‘I would wish that just one person could have seen behind closed doors.’
‘I would wish that just one person could have seen behind closed doors.’
‘Having an addicted parent is something that can happen to anyone. It happened to me.’
‘Having an addicted parent is something that can happen to anyone. It happened to me.’