Dear Ceri (9 years old)
If I could come and tell you one thing it would be this—IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.
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If I could come and tell you one thing it would be this—IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.
I just wish that we could have come before your addiction.
Dad came drunk to parents evening and argued with the mums’
In time we lose the shame we felt about our previous ways
‘You feel like you are doing your parent a disservice if you are only talking about the drunk parent.’
You would think after seeing someone you love turn into someone else that I wouldn’t do the same!
Only one person could make the change with that relationship with alcohol, and it wasn’t me no matter how much I thought I could
I don’t ever remember thinking that my dad was an alcoholic. I thought he was like everyone else’s dad.
And his forever lasting words to me were “Reach for the moon Gem, you will always land amongst the stars. I will always be your Dad”.
I’d buy cards just to feel normal. “To Dad” on the envelope.
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