When chaos defines your life
Mourning the death of someone who hasn’t died, but has changed.
Mourning the death of someone who hasn’t died, but has changed.
Unable to live your own life
Someone else’s survival guide
Being a COA does not have to stop you from achieving anything.
Being a COA does not have to stop you from achieving anything.
A Story of Hope
I love being part of something that truly gets me.
I love being part of something that truly gets me.
Intoxicated Darkness
When my father died she would function during the daytimes as she needed to keep life going
When my father died she would function during the daytimes as she needed to keep life going
The only connection we had
I kept a journal, it was like having a personal therapist
I kept a journal, it was like having a personal therapist
Early childhood – Alcohol seeps into our lives
From the outside I was seen to be a lucky, privileged child with no right to complain
From the outside I was seen to be a lucky, privileged child with no right to complain
There is nothing functional about functional alcoholism
I think my mum is a truly beautiful person.
I think my mum is a truly beautiful person.
I am the daughter of an alcoholic
You should always remember it is just as physically and emotionally draining for the carer as it is for the addicted.
You should always remember it is just as physically and emotionally draining for the carer as it is for the addicted.
Bottling everything up and unable to speak to anybody
I felt like I couldn’t speak to anybody because I was ‘just an emotional child’.
I felt like I couldn’t speak to anybody because I was ‘just an emotional child’.
A daughter’s story
‘I walked on egg shells during my late teenage years. Mum never admitted it.’
‘I walked on egg shells during my late teenage years. Mum never admitted it.’
