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- Common Guilt?
  My Father passed when I was 7 years old. My mum turned to alcohol due to this and has been a functioning Alcoholic most of my life (im 35 now), me and my...
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  Do counsellor disclosure alcoholism to social services
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- Cutting off my mum
  So my mum has been a functional alcoholic since I can remember. When I was a teenager I moved in with my grandparents as her drinking was out of control and she was mentally...
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- I love my mum so much but i hate the person she is when she opens a bottle
  Hi I’ve never really been one to open up about my mum and her drinking but earlier this year i reached my breaking point and i told but my mum doesn’t want to get...
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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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  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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I love my mum so much but i hate the person she is when she opens a bottle
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Hi sg, I am so sorry to hear about the fact your Father passed when you were 7 and the aftermath that that left in…
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listener on I love my mum so much but i hate the person she is when she opens a bottle
Hi, Speaking about it is never easy but can be really helpful. Im only 22 and my mum is a manipulative alcoholic. Abusive in every…
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Hi The Nacoa helpline is free and confidential. This means that it is a safe place where you can talk about things that are going…
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