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.
Concerned Others & Professionals
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.
I love my mum and hope she gets better
I have been trying to find someone that can relate to what I have been through.
I have been trying to find someone that can relate to what I have been through.
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.
I hope you can create something good out of something bad
The haunting feeling of inadequacy that visits me daily is a reminder that some things take an age to heal.
The haunting feeling of inadequacy that visits me daily is a reminder that some things take an age to heal.
I grew up in a house where both my parents were alcoholics. My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant (Anon)
My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with us.
My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with us.
