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    • Isolation

      Does anybody feel like alcohol contributed to their isolation? My mother was a single mum for a chunk of my childhood, but after marrying my stepdad - a functioning alcohol dependent - lost meaningful contact...

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      Posted by: ephe1
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    • 77 year old father won’t change

      Hi, I grew up with two high functioning alcoholic parents well certainly dependant. Lots of embarrassing incidents at parties and family events. I spent most weekends and school holidays with either set of grandparents...

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    • How to tell children why I’m leaving their father

      Hello. I'm on the process of divorcing a man who I believe has an alcohol problem. He refuses to confront the issue and has taken great lengths to hide how much he is drinking. We have...

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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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    • Drunk mum vs sober dad is exhausting

      My mum is an alcoholic and has been for a while but in the last 2-3 years it’s gonna pretty bad , and in the last few years I’ve learnt when your drunk you...

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    • parent doing the 12 steps

      my dad has been doing his 12 steps he over a year sober and 6 months ago just upped and left stating he needs to be alone to just focus on him...

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  • Isolation
    Does anybody feel like alcohol contributed to their isolation? My mother was a single mum for a chunk of my childhood, but after marrying my…
  • 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…
  • Drunk mum vs sober dad is exhausting
    My mum is an alcoholic and has been for a while but in the last 2-3 years it’s gonna pretty bad , and in the…
  • parent doing the 12 steps
    my dad has been doing his 12 steps he over a year sober and 6 months ago just upped and left stating he needs to…
  • 77 year old father won’t change
    Hi, I grew up with two high functioning alcoholic parents well certainly dependant. Lots of embarrassing incidents at parties and family events. I spent most…

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  • First of all well done on now becoming stable and independent. This takes a lot of courage to take steps to change how our childhood…
    run79 on Isolation
  • Hi ephe1 I am pleased you reached out on here. Your last word really got me! Inadequacies... You are not inadequate! Believe in yourself. You…
    sparklecoordinator on Isolation
  • Hello, thank you so much for your post. I think this is something that a lot of children of alcohol-dependent parents and adult children experience,…
    listener on Isolation
  • Hi catzz_143, It’s brilliant that you have reached out here. This is a space where you can offload and it’s so positive that you recognised…
    listener on Rant
  • Thank you for sharing about this. I think there are so many ways that having an alcohol dependent parent can affect us later in life…
    here2help on Isolation

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