Some people may judge my mother for her illness, and call her an unfit parent. Don’t.
I stood in silence next to her bed, experiencing a succession of emotions. Disappointment. Anger. Rejection.
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I stood in silence next to her bed, experiencing a succession of emotions. Disappointment. Anger. Rejection.
No one has to suffer alone.
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.
Hopefully you will read and possibly reread what I have put down.
I hope mum, that you won’t be angry or upset with me sharing this.
It is with the help of your insightful website and lots of tears that made me know myself a little more before it was too late.
If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
This whole episode in my life has caused me nothing but guilt and pain.
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