I don’t think you ever recover from growing up with an alcoholic parent. What is interesting is how far you go to hide it.
I don’t think you ever recover from growing up with an alcoholic parent. What is interesting is how far you go to hide it.
Us 3 lived on the pub doorsteps with bottles of lemonade sent out every hour.
Us 3 lived on the pub doorsteps with bottles of lemonade sent out every hour.
I have tried every trick in the book to get my dad to go and get help.
I have tried every trick in the book to get my dad to go and get help.
I don’t hate my Mum anymore, I’m over the anger, I think what prevails is an overwhelming sense of sadness.
I don’t hate my Mum anymore, I’m over the anger, I think what prevails is an overwhelming sense of sadness.
My sister and I have been the children of an alcoholic since we can remember.
My sister and I have been the children of an alcoholic since we can remember.
I stood in silence next to her bed, experiencing a succession of emotions. Disappointment. Anger. Rejection.
I stood in silence next to her bed, experiencing a succession of emotions. Disappointment. Anger. Rejection.
No one has to suffer alone.
No one has to suffer alone.
My mother always drank but since we had never known anything different we never considered her an alcoholic.
My mother always drank but since we had never known anything different we never considered her an alcoholic.
I cannot accept your drinking any more, but live in the hope that you will stop.
I cannot accept your drinking any more, but live in the hope that you will stop.
Hopefully you will read and possibly reread what I have put down.
Hopefully you will read and possibly reread what I have put down.
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