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I would urge anyone in a similar position to me to try not to live in denial about this.
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I would urge anyone in a similar position to me to try not to live in denial about this.
Dad came drunk to parents evening and argued with the mums’
I feel guilty for feeling it and give myself a 1000 reasons not to be happy.
It was like living with Jekyll and Hyde. When she was sober she was lovely and when she was drunk she was awful!
He was heavily reliant on me and used to call me all the time to drive him places, take him to the shops etc.
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.
He has never forgiven me for ‘abandoning’ him at this point.
I don’t hate my Mum anymore, I’m over the anger, I think what prevails is an overwhelming sense of sadness.
Just to hear about the disease in a non-judgmental way and to be heard can end years of isolation and be profoundly healing.
I feel so different to other people and compare myself to my work colleagues who had a normal upbringing.
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