Alcohol Stole the Beauty (‘Paper Therapy’)
Piece by piece your world became so small, The road to recovery was a mountain too tall.
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Piece by piece your world became so small, The road to recovery was a mountain too tall.
‘You feel like you are doing your parent a disservice if you are only talking about the drunk parent.’
As anyone who has an alcoholic in their immediate family will know – it’s meant to be kept secret
Above all else I learnt that from darkness there is always light. To ensure that every battle we face is a lesson and we proceed to learn and teach others of this.
When somebody is given family support to heal, you must tell ourself that you were not the cause.
As I have got older I realise there is no shame to admit things are getting too much and asking for help.
When he drank, he changed. I remember my mum describing him as a Jekyll and Hyde character.
It took so much for me to share our shameful secret, I thought they could just talk to my dad and it would all improve.
I felt isolated, lonely, that I didn’t matter, and that life had to be better than this.
You don’t want to do anything, ever, to make them feel a certain way. Because that could spark a negative feeling
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