My best friend’s best friend
Abby shares the love, loss and pain of grieving someone twice.
Abby shares the love, loss and pain of grieving someone twice.
Arguments and conflict
My story
Donna’s story of childhood trauma, alcohol addiction and healing.
Donna’s story of childhood trauma, alcohol addiction and healing.
Invisible
Zoe reflects on feeling invisible in her childhood home.
Zoe reflects on feeling invisible in her childhood home.
I pretended my home life was normal
David shares about growing up around silence and shame, and striving for forgiveness.
David shares about growing up around silence and shame, and striving for forgiveness.
A house can be loud without a sound
Lee’s poem explores growing up in the shadow of a parent’s alcoholism.
Lee’s poem explores growing up in the shadow of a parent’s alcoholism.
Maybe this time
Marie’s tender poem reflects on loving someone through addiction.
Marie’s tender poem reflects on loving someone through addiction.
Dear Little Me
Sophie shares a heartfelt letter she’s written to her younger self.
Sophie shares a heartfelt letter she’s written to her younger self.
I remember being the Mother
Laura shares her experience of resilience, fleeting hope and the impact of loss.
Laura shares her experience of resilience, fleeting hope and the impact of loss.
To you Dad, you were stronger than you ever knew – To younger Me, it’s going to work out
Abbie reflects on the childhood grief of losing her dad to alcohol addiction.
Abbie reflects on the childhood grief of losing her dad to alcohol addiction.
He was meant to walk me down the aisle
Yasmin reflects on losing her father and remembers the man he was beyond his addiction.
Yasmin reflects on losing her father and remembers the man he was beyond his addiction.
