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.
Why do I go back to her out of fear of what she is doing to herself?
Why do I go back to her out of fear of what she is doing to herself?
What I want my parents, and everyone else to know, is that these things that hurt the people we love.
What I want my parents, and everyone else to know, is that these things that hurt the people we love.
I realised that I had kept all my feelings bottled inside me for so many years.
I realised that I had kept all my feelings bottled inside me for so many years.
I am still haunted by those childhood memories of my father’s drinking.
I am still haunted by those childhood memories of my father’s drinking.
I was seven years old, all on my own.
I was seven years old, all on my own.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
One day I’d like to think that I will become a survivor, rather than always being the victim.
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.
My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with us.
My mother drank heavily when she was pregnant with us.
Alcohol caused me to lose the only things that have ever really mattered to me – my three super girls.
Alcohol caused me to lose the only things that have ever really mattered to me – my three super girls.
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