Doing hard things and allowing negative experiences to drive positive change
I wanted to give myself a challenge and push myself out of my comfort zone.
I wanted to give myself a challenge and push myself out of my comfort zone.
Addiction taking priority
They didn’t choose to be alcoholics
No one does. It was when he retired that things really began to go downhill.
No one does. It was when he retired that things really began to go downhill.
Not today
I drowned my pain, and it buried me
I became the dad I couldn’t save
I drowned my pain, and it buried me
I became the dad I couldn’t save
You still have half of me
Time goes on like nothing happened. Everyone goes about their lives like nothing happened.
Time goes on like nothing happened. Everyone goes about their lives like nothing happened.
Me and my dad
I feel the confidence now to be able to share my experience of being a child of an alcoholic
I feel the confidence now to be able to share my experience of being a child of an alcoholic
The forgotten impact of parental alcoholism
The true impact of my parent’s alcoholism will never be known to me.
The true impact of my parent’s alcoholism will never be known to me.
People ask me why I don’t drink – Harriet Strange
There’s freedom in speaking up and working through this.
There’s freedom in speaking up and working through this.
Living with an alcoholic father
Like many families with addiction, there was constant covering up to make things look ‘respectable’ and keep the secret.
Like many families with addiction, there was constant covering up to make things look ‘respectable’ and keep the secret.
I couldn’t fully protect my son
As much as I tried to protect my son with every fibre of my being, I couldn’t fully protect him.
As much as I tried to protect my son with every fibre of my being, I couldn’t fully protect him.
I learned to trust no one as the child of an alcohol-dependent mother
For as far back as I can remember, I had a lingering feeling something was terribly wrong.
For as far back as I can remember, I had a lingering feeling something was terribly wrong.
