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.
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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.
I am still haunted by those childhood memories of my father’s drinking.
I don’t think you ever recover from growing up with an alcoholic parent. What is interesting is how far you go to hide it.
Us 3 lived on the pub doorsteps with bottles of lemonade sent out every hour.
I don’t hate my Mum anymore, I’m over the anger, I think what prevails is an overwhelming sense of sadness.
It is with the help of your insightful website and lots of tears that made me know myself a little more before it was too late.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
It was not until I went to the counsellor did I realise my behaviour during my adult life had come from my childhood.
Even in recovery family life is fraught with tension.
I never blamed myself for his drinking, but I always wondered how different my life would be if he didn’t drink.
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