MY LIFE
I feel guilty for feeling it and give myself a 1000 reasons not to be happy.
I feel guilty for feeling it and give myself a 1000 reasons not to be happy.
Difficulty in relationships
I would hide the fact she drank like it was a dark secret
It was like living with Jekyll and Hyde. When she was sober she was lovely and when she was drunk she was awful!
It was like living with Jekyll and Hyde. When she was sober she was lovely and when she was drunk she was awful!
My dad’s alcoholism took a turn for the worse when I was 7 years old
Just because you’ve had an alcoholic parent, doesn’t mean you’re destined to go down that path.
Just because you’ve had an alcoholic parent, doesn’t mean you’re destined to go down that path.
My husband’s father was an alcoholic
The ‘after-effects’ of growing up with an alcoholic parent are many
The ‘after-effects’ of growing up with an alcoholic parent are many
Rest easy my hero
I learnt not to talk, not to trust and not to feel.
I learnt not to talk, not to trust and not to feel.
I remember enough
I have had to and continue to learn how to find new ways of being.
I have had to and continue to learn how to find new ways of being.
Maybe my promise drowned in your bottle
I will never drink myself stupid.
I will never drink myself stupid.
‘If he loved you enough he’d stop’
The most surprising thing to me is just how many people think and feel exactly as I do and how it is all so closely linked to being a COA.
The most surprising thing to me is just how many people think and feel exactly as I do and how it is all so closely linked to being a COA.
He is drinking himself to death but we still don’t talk about the problem
Even now when he is in hospital at least once a month from blacking out. Even now we know that his liver is beyond repair.
Even now when he is in hospital at least once a month from blacking out. Even now we know that his liver is beyond repair.
There was no safety net then, not for her or us
When I look back I seem to have spent a lot of my childhood cleaning, the only way I could make myself calm in the chaos.
When I look back I seem to have spent a lot of my childhood cleaning, the only way I could make myself calm in the chaos.
