If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
If it’s only a tiny flicker, it is there and we can find something good in the most awful of happenings.
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
We would get more anxious; more edgy; more afraid, and school was closed.
We would get more anxious; more edgy; more afraid, and school was closed.
She is like the poem “When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was wicked”.
She is like the poem “When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was wicked”.
The haunting feeling of inadequacy that visits me daily is a reminder that some things take an age to heal.
The haunting feeling of inadequacy that visits me daily is a reminder that some things take an age to heal.
I was left to pick up my brothers and sisters as she was asleep drunk. We would end up locked out until she woke up.
I was left to pick up my brothers and sisters as she was asleep drunk. We would end up locked out until she woke up.
I never blamed myself for his drinking, but I always wondered how different my life would be if he didn’t drink.
I never blamed myself for his drinking, but I always wondered how different my life would be if he didn’t drink.
Sometimes I feel relief that she is gone, relief that the merry go round I was on has finally stopped and will never start again. Guilt is the main emotion that has accompanied this relief
Sometimes I feel relief that she is gone, relief that the merry go round I was on has finally stopped and will never start again. Guilt is the main emotion that has accompanied this relief
Just to hear about the disease in a non-judgmental way and to be heard can end years of isolation and be profoundly healing.
Just to hear about the disease in a non-judgmental way and to be heard can end years of isolation and be profoundly healing.
I feel so different to other people and compare myself to my work colleagues who had a normal upbringing.
I feel so different to other people and compare myself to my work colleagues who had a normal upbringing.
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