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    • Alcoholic and manipulator MOTHERS

      Anyone here with alcoholic and masterly manipulative mother? I know some alcoholics are clumsy and ‘fun’ but mine was and is so evil when drunk .. and that has got earlier in the day...

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    • Reaching out

      Hey so I'm new here and this is the first time I think I have ever shared my experience, partly because I'm the youngest of 3 siblings and maybe because I feel they may...

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    • Navigating grief

      Hi all, I'm new here and usually just view the message boards. I lost my dad in October 2025 to an alcohol overdose, he was 44 and I'm 24. Growing up I can't remember...

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    • Trapped

      Hi everyone This isn’t a new thing I have just been struggling a bit more with it lately. When ever I get home from school I never really go anywhere because my mum is...

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    • Anger

      Hello everyone I wanted to come on and talk about something I haven’t really noticed before. It’s that when my mum drinks she seems to get really angry about small things that don’t really...

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    • Feeling lonely

      Hello. I am new to this group and want to know how other people are dealing with feeling lonely. I am only 10 with 2 older siblings supporting me and I sometimes feel bad...

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  • Alcoholic and manipulator MOTHERS
    Anyone here with alcoholic and masterly manipulative mother? I know some alcoholics are clumsy and ‘fun’ but mine was and is so evil when drunk…
  • Reaching out
    Hey so I'm new here and this is the first time I think I have ever shared my experience, partly because I'm the youngest of…
  • Trapped
    Hi everyone This isn’t a new thing I have just been struggling a bit more with it lately. When ever I get home from school…
  • Navigating grief
    Hi all, I'm new here and usually just view the message boards. I lost my dad in October 2025 to an alcohol overdose, he was…
  • Different feelings different days
    I haven't spoken to my mum and step-dad properly now for over six months. I guess the best place to start would be at the…

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  • I get this! The anger may be part of your grieving process. Kinda grieving the life you didn’t have and also letting them go. Please…
    kayvee on The Anger.
  • Happy belated birthday. My mother forgets or purposefully ignores my birthday.. and it hurts, even now. I’m so glad you have friends and a therapist…
    kayvee on Unhappy Birthdays, as a child of an alcoholic
  • I am so glad you found NACOA and at aged 10 this really does show how incredibly strong you are and how you see and…
    kayvee on Feeling lonely
  • Hi. I know sometimes it can be a post and run situation but I hope you do get to read the replies and reach out.…
    kayvee on Trapped
  • Honestly… I totally get you, and it is ok to not follow any ‘glorifying’ of past memories. Your memories are yours and they are fully…
    kayvee on Reaching out

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