The Lessons you taught me
If you are within arms-reach as a child or loved one, the negative stigma remains much the same.
If you are within arms-reach as a child or loved one, the negative stigma remains much the same.
Isolated with the family secret
Dear Ceri (9 years old)
If I could come and tell you one thing it would be this—IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.
If I could come and tell you one thing it would be this—IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Alcohol Stole the Beauty (‘Paper Therapy’)
Piece by piece your world became so small, The road to recovery was a mountain too tall.
Piece by piece your world became so small, The road to recovery was a mountain too tall.
Camilla Tominey – #LunchtimeLives
‘You feel like you are doing your parent a disservice if you are only talking about the drunk parent.’
‘You feel like you are doing your parent a disservice if you are only talking about the drunk parent.’
I feel I am on this path now, I have no idea where it’s going but I’m staying on it
As anyone who has an alcoholic in their immediate family will know – it’s meant to be kept secret
As anyone who has an alcoholic in their immediate family will know – it’s meant to be kept secret
My Mum
As I have got older I realise there is no shame to admit things are getting too much and asking for help.
As I have got older I realise there is no shame to admit things are getting too much and asking for help.
Life
Only one person could make the change with that relationship with alcohol, and it wasn’t me no matter how much I thought I could
Only one person could make the change with that relationship with alcohol, and it wasn’t me no matter how much I thought I could
Don’t wake the Ogre
It took so much for me to share our shameful secret, I thought they could just talk to my dad and it would all improve.
It took so much for me to share our shameful secret, I thought they could just talk to my dad and it would all improve.
What would have helped me when I was a child?
I felt isolated, lonely, that I didn’t matter, and that life had to be better than this.
I felt isolated, lonely, that I didn’t matter, and that life had to be better than this.
Elizabeth Fletcher – #LunchtimeLives
You don’t want to do anything, ever, to make them feel a certain way. Because that could spark a negative feeling
You don’t want to do anything, ever, to make them feel a certain way. Because that could spark a negative feeling
