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.
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I realised that I had kept all my feelings bottled inside me for so many years.
I kind of treated her illness as my illness, as though we were both alcoholics.
I am still haunted by those childhood memories of my father’s drinking.
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.
I know what it means to live in poverty with parents who spend first on alcohol and cigarettes.
I don’t think you ever recover from growing up with an alcoholic parent. What is interesting is how far you go to hide it.
Us 3 lived on the pub doorsteps with bottles of lemonade sent out every hour.
I have tried every trick in the book to get my dad to go and get help.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s never blame yourself for your parent’s drinking.
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