Child of an alcoholic – it’s not just you
COA week message: it isn’t just you. You are not alone in this, and you can make it through
COA week message: it isn’t just you. You are not alone in this, and you can make it through
Death of a parent
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.
My mum’s battle with alcoholism
Mum, your battle with alcoholism was a storm that tested me each day.
Mum, your battle with alcoholism was a storm that tested me each day.
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.
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.
Living with a Jekyll and Hyde character
My Mum was an alcoholic. It’s taken a lot to say that.
My Mum was an alcoholic. It’s taken a lot to say that.
My Dad with PTSD struggled with alcohol
We lived in it together, and I felt that no one else would ever understand.
We lived in it together, and I felt that no one else would ever understand.
Milestones
It’s just over a week after I ran the London Marathon.
It’s just over a week after I ran the London Marathon.
20 years on
I have been reflecting on how her death has shaped me.
I have been reflecting on how her death has shaped me.
