My dad’s alcoholism took a turn for the worse when I was 7 years old
Just because you’ve had an alcoholic parent, doesn’t mean you’re destined to go down that path.
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Just because you’ve had an alcoholic parent, doesn’t mean you’re destined to go down that path.
The ‘after-effects’ of growing up with an alcoholic parent are many
As a young girl I remember the fear of coming in from school.
I have accepted that this is the way it is and I have to make the most of the family relationships that I do have.
I have had to and continue to learn how to find new ways of being.
I’m not drowning my sorrows, that’s just not for me!
He was heavily reliant on me and used to call me all the time to drive him places, take him to the shops etc.
For a second I had a glimpse of a family where alcohol was not the priority.
You’d walk home wondering what mess she was in, and what you would have to do to keep the peace.
The most surprising thing to me is just how many people think and feel exactly as I do and how it is all so closely linked to being a COA.
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