What normal looked like for me
As a COA, I grew up in an environment where every day was uncertain.
As a COA, I grew up in an environment where every day was uncertain.
Feeling frightened
Isolated and alone but with a motivation to thrive in life
Nothing that your mum did is your fault! It is NEVER your fault!
Nothing that your mum did is your fault! It is NEVER your fault!
The Disturbed Nights
Scared and lonely is what she feels
Scared and lonely is what she feels
My dad won’t stop!
It started when mum started to find beer bottles and wine hidden all around the house.
It started when mum started to find beer bottles and wine hidden all around the house.
Talk to Nacoa
Are you feeling sad or maybe bad.
Are you feeling sad or maybe bad.
I didn’t tell anyone about the bottle, just kept it to myself as with everything else
I didn’t tell anyone about the bottle, just kept it to myself as with everything else.
I didn’t tell anyone about the bottle, just kept it to myself as with everything else.
The feeling of having an alcoholic parent or relative
Don’t let something like this hold you back, it is their problem not yours.
Don’t let something like this hold you back, it is their problem not yours.
My dad won’t stop!
The thing that keeps me strong is help lines and I realise I am not alone.
The thing that keeps me strong is help lines and I realise I am not alone.
How can you love the person that made you cry?
It was horrible. When she used to get up in the morning she acted as if nothing was wrong.
It was horrible. When she used to get up in the morning she acted as if nothing was wrong.
It took me years to admit to myself that I had a mother suffering from alcoholism
I had had no one to guide me or to tell me that it was not my problem or that she had one.
I had had no one to guide me or to tell me that it was not my problem or that she had one.
