The damage letter
I hope mum, that you won’t be angry or upset with me sharing this.
I hope mum, that you won’t be angry or upset with me sharing this.
Adults
It gave him the courage to live but ultimately killed him
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.
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.
There is always a light, if only a tiny flicker
If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
So it wasn’t the drink after all?
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
My dad died 6 years ago on July 28th. My mum began to drink more and more as a result
This whole episode in my life has caused me nothing but guilt and pain.
This whole episode in my life has caused me nothing but guilt and pain.
I don’t remember a lot about my childhood apart from being completely alone
It was not until I went to the counsellor did I realise my behaviour during my adult life had come from my childhood.
It was not until I went to the counsellor did I realise my behaviour during my adult life had come from my childhood.
Families and how to survive
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
Christmas in our home meant a time when there would be more drunkenness, more fights
We would get more anxious; more edgy; more afraid, and school was closed.
We would get more anxious; more edgy; more afraid, and school was closed.
I just read the letter “Two Mothers” and couldn’t believe my eyes
She is like the poem “When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was wicked”.
She is like the poem “When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was wicked”.
INNOCENT OR GUILTY?
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
