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    • Any thoughts on what to do when your parents get old?

      So me and my brother have supported my mother since we were teenagers and things have gotten progressively worse. Over time she has become recluse and with reclusion comes accelerated mental deterioration and she...

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    • Boundaries – why is it so hard !

      Hi everyone, This last week following mother's day I realised that I just couldn't watch my mum get drunk anymore and sadly I don't think I've ever been able to be myself around her. I've...

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    • Limerance caused by my mum’s drinking

      Hey , I hope this is allowed as it is related to the effect my alcoholic mum has had on me. One of my colleagues was incredibly complimentary about me. and it has caused me...

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    • Can never quite get it right

      Being around drunk people is insufferable as is but especially when it’s your mum who you know is going to start yelling any minute now, today I was trying to avoid her in the...

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    • I’m so tired and scared

      Sometimes I really do feel like my mum will never get sober especially on nights like these , she went out to the pub after school and i went with her cuz I worry...

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    • Rant

      (Apologies in advance for this whole thing as it probably won’t make sense and isn’t really worth reading I guess I just need somewhere to offload) Today my mum went to AA with my...

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    So me and my brother have supported my mother since we were teenagers and things have gotten progressively worse. Over time she has become recluse…
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    Hi everyone, This last week following mother's day I realised that I just couldn't watch my mum get drunk anymore and sadly I don't think…
  • Limerance caused by my mum’s drinking
    Hey , I hope this is allowed as it is related to the effect my alcoholic mum has had on me. One of my colleagues…
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