From the outside it was a life that many people would envy but my strongest childhood memory is one of fear.
It’s vital that we take away the shame from the illness of alcoholism, so that people aren’t frightened to come forward and ask for help.
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It’s vital that we take away the shame from the illness of alcoholism, so that people aren’t frightened to come forward and ask for help.
The fight to stay sane is sometimes so difficult there were, and are, times when I wonder if it was all worth it.
I had three daddies. ‘Nice daddy’, ‘funny daddy’ who was just slightly drunk, and then of course ‘nasty daddy’.
I remember I used to find empty drink bottles, hidden in the garage.
Dad drank despite how well I behaved.
I always felt so alone and scared whilst being a part of an extremely loving family.
“I love/hate you”, “I’m proud of you” / “ What the hell are you doing with your life?
I was daddy’s girl, the guilt I felt when I realized what he had done to my family but I’d been to wrapped up in how much love I had for him to see it.
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