I had a happy childhood until I first realised my dad was an alcoholic around the age of 12
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.
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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.
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.
Why do I go back to her out of fear of what she is doing to herself?
My teenage years were blighted by alcohol having a higher priority than me.
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