The quiet, compliant children are struggling too
My mum suffered from postpartum psychosis and other mental illnesses, and my dad was an alcoholic.
My mum suffered from postpartum psychosis and other mental illnesses, and my dad was an alcoholic.
Young People
The Beast
The beast will be gone after a good nights sleep. Tomorrow no-one no- one will remember
The beast will be gone after a good nights sleep. Tomorrow no-one no- one will remember
Mum
I wouldn’t let my partner, friend, or colleague lie and treat me the way my mum did.
I wouldn’t let my partner, friend, or colleague lie and treat me the way my mum did.
I knew my safety depended on whose care I was in
Getting to a place where I can look back on my childhood experience without blaming or shaming
Getting to a place where I can look back on my childhood experience without blaming or shaming
A visit from a Merry Christmas past
I wanted to share how the term “Merry Christmas” can feel, as the kid of an alcoholic.
I wanted to share how the term “Merry Christmas” can feel, as the kid of an alcoholic.
Christmas as a kid
Homely warmth gave way to hollow absence.
Homely warmth gave way to hollow absence.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year
Christmas has always been a difficult time of year in my family. Tensions were high.
Christmas has always been a difficult time of year in my family. Tensions were high.
Breaking the curse as a child of an addict
Let me ask you this: Do you think a heroin addict can be a good parent?
Let me ask you this: Do you think a heroin addict can be a good parent?
Addiction is unacceptable and unfair
Addiction – in my life. It has caused me so much friction. It is unacceptable and unfair.
Addiction – in my life. It has caused me so much friction. It is unacceptable and unfair.
I would just have to hold this secret
I struggle to be carefree, but I am more accepting.
I struggle to be carefree, but I am more accepting.
