Jen Payne | Holding on to the good days #LunchtimeLives
Holding on to the good days when your parent drinks too much
Holding on to the good days when your parent drinks too much
Adults
David Coldwell | #LunchtimeLives
Taking control of your life as an adult child of an alcoholic
Taking control of your life as an adult child of an alcoholic
My mother was unflinchingly strong and alive
For everyone that has ever felt like I did; alone, helpless and overwhelmed, I would like to say that you are not strange, guilty or failing.
For everyone that has ever felt like I did; alone, helpless and overwhelmed, I would like to say that you are not strange, guilty or failing.
My Dad
As a family I believe we were in denial
As a family I believe we were in denial
To my dad
Your demon, your monster, your saboteur.
Your demon, your monster, your saboteur.
Sunflowers
I wish I could let her know that I am okay.
I wish I could let her know that I am okay.
Alex Walker ‘Anxiety and the ‘Hero’ Child’ #LunchtimeLives
‘It became the point I would get serious anxiety over anything I couldn’t control’
‘It became the point I would get serious anxiety over anything I couldn’t control’
Caroline Flint – ‘Children of alcoholics: You are not to blame’ #Lunchtime Lives
Children of alcoholics: You are not to blame.
Children of alcoholics: You are not to blame.
If I was a good girl, then she’d be happy
My Mum’s alcoholism was a secret kept by me, my Dad, and my Mum.
My Mum’s alcoholism was a secret kept by me, my Dad, and my Mum.
When Mommy drinks wine
It reminded me of who she really was.
It reminded me of who she really was.
