We both ended up leaving home around 16, because we could not cope with the situation anymore
For a second I had a glimpse of a family where alcohol was not the priority.
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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.
Us 3 lived on the pub doorsteps with bottles of lemonade sent out every hour.
I don’t hate my Mum anymore, I’m over the anger, I think what prevails is an overwhelming sense of sadness.
Sometimes society and family will imply that you are guilty for having a parent that drinks.
Sometimes I feel relief that she is gone, relief that the merry go round I was on has finally stopped and will never start again. Guilt is the main emotion that has accompanied this relief
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