Never feel guilty for your parent’s drinking. It isn’t your fault
I never knew how I would feel the day I lost her as our relationship was turbulent.
I never knew how I would feel the day I lost her as our relationship was turbulent.
Addiction taking priority
I have cared for my dad for half of my adult life and I’m not going to do it any more
He has never forgiven me for ‘abandoning’ him at this point.
He has never forgiven me for ‘abandoning’ him at this point.
My dad won’t stop!
But the thing that keeps me strong is help lines and I realise I am not alone.
But the thing that keeps me strong is help lines and I realise I am not alone.
My name is Joe. I am the child of two alcoholics
What I want my parents, and everyone else to know, is that these things that hurt the people we love.
What I want my parents, and everyone else to know, is that these things that hurt the people we love.
Living in a house full of boxes of delivered wine, shouting parents, empty bottles
I realised that I had kept all my feelings bottled inside me for so many years.
I realised that I had kept all my feelings bottled inside me for so many years.
I became obsessed about being ‘normal’ and I craved things that seemed normal
I kind of treated her illness as my illness, as though we were both alcoholics.
I kind of treated her illness as my illness, as though we were both alcoholics.
I vowed I would never inflict this kind of torture on a child myself
I am still haunted by those childhood memories of my father’s drinking.
I am still haunted by those childhood memories of my father’s drinking.
Every pothole of my ACOA journey was worth it to see my incredible girls grow
We never went without food, clothes, necessities, but we did go without guidance.
We never went without food, clothes, necessities, but we did go without guidance.
My teenage years were blighted by alcohol having a higher priority than me
My teenage years were blighted by alcohol having a higher priority than me.
My teenage years were blighted by alcohol having a higher priority than me.
As a child of drunken parents, I know what it means to live in poverty
I know what it means to live in poverty with parents who spend first on alcohol and cigarettes.
I know what it means to live in poverty with parents who spend first on alcohol and cigarettes.
