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
Feeling guilt, shame or embarrassment
Scarred for life
My mum kicked my dad out; my dad weren’t having none of it so he smashed my mum’s window and then started calling my mum names.
My mum kicked my dad out; my dad weren’t having none of it so he smashed my mum’s window and then started calling my mum names.
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.
My dad won’t stop!
But the thing that keeps me strong is help lines and I realise I am not alone.
But the thing that keeps me strong is help lines and I realise I am not alone.
Living in a house full of boxes of delivered wine, shouting parents, empty bottles
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.
After my dad died
I was seven years old, all on my own.
I was seven years old, all on my own.
INNOCENT OR GUILTY?
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
One minute my dad could be the most amazing man in the world, yet the next he was an ugly, frightening man
I never blamed myself for his drinking, but I always wondered how different my life would be if he didn’t drink.
I never blamed myself for his drinking, but I always wondered how different my life would be if he didn’t drink.
My reactions are so different to others and I feel very self-conscious about it
I feel so different to other people and compare myself to my work colleagues who had a normal upbringing.
I feel so different to other people and compare myself to my work colleagues who had a normal upbringing.
