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- I’m exhausted but scared to cut contact
  I was adopted when I was very young and my adoptive dad is an alcoholic. My family sees the problem, including my mum who has told me numerous times how afraid she is of...
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  Posted by: anonymous123
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- End stages of alcoholism- journalling and thoughts
  Hello. It has been almost 1 year since I posted on this board about my dad. Remarkably he is still here but I can't imagine it will be much longer. I saw him today...
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- Am I wrong for stopping my mum from seeing my children
  Around 4 years ago I moved out of our family home and moved in with my partner as we were expecting our first baby. My (alcoholic) mum didn’t take this very well, she would...
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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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  (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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I’m exhausted but scared to cut contact
I was adopted when I was very young and my adoptive dad is an alcoholic. My family sees the problem, including my mum who has…
End stages of alcoholism- journalling and thoughts
Hello. It has been almost 1 year since I posted on this board about my dad. Remarkably he is still here but I can't imagine…
Am I wrong for stopping my mum from seeing my children
Around 4 years ago I moved out of our family home and moved in with my partner as we were expecting our first baby. My…
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…
Alcoholic dad refuses to get help
My dad has been an alcoholic for at least 12 years, I think he started drinking more than normal in 2010 (when I was 15)…

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Hi anonymous123, Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry to hear about your experiences with your adoptive dad and your difficult childhood memories. These early experiences…
marble on I’m exhausted but scared to cut contact
Hi sunbear123, I just want to say how sorry I am for all that you are going through. It must be so painful to see…
listener on End stages of alcoholism- journalling and thoughts
Just to add. I go to an Alanon group. Although the talk is very 'religious sounding' none of the people at mine are religious! Most…
yellowbug on Finding people to talk to
Hi catzz_123 I'm so sorry that things got so bad for you recently. The feeling that you aren't allowed to talk about it is so…
yellowbug on I’m so tired and scared
Hi acoalistener. I just wanted to add my support. I absolutely agree that you should hold whatever boundaries feel good for you. I once had…
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