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Beatrix's Story
My mum drinks lots of wine and it breaks my heart. I find it very hard to watch her fill herself up every evening after 5pm. I live in another city so most of the time it is 'out of sight, out of mind'... Read more
Rena's Story Part-5
I haven't been able to stop thinking and worrying about my dad for the last two - three weeks. I miss him. I'm worried about him and how he's coping. By all accounts and the information being fed to me via my aunt... Read more
Rena's Story Part-4
Last night was just one of those nights that everything hit- all at once. The storm of grief, of losing one loved one to addiction, of listening to another talk about his plans of drinking while wanting to rip into them..., but you're unable... Read more
I don't want to end up like my father
My earliest memory of my father and I is him allowing me to drink out of a glass of beer with him and his mates while my mother was out. It was a big deal for all the guys that the "little man"... Read more
Rena's Story Part-3
My Dad has had a problem with drinking for as long as I can remember. Although, if you ask him – he will tell you he drinks, gets drunk, falls over – no problem.. He’s always tried hiding his drinking behind ‘something funny.’ I should... Read more
Andy's story
My 31 year old daughter is an opiate addict. This has been a 5 year plus epic with little relief. She is manipulative and prays on our emotions to an extent that rips you apart. All aimed at getting money. Sometimes we give in.... Read more
Rena's Story Part-2
Well - since my first entry - I have tried many times to allow myself to sit down and just write. Opening up isn't easy for me, that said- many people in our position's find it hard to open up. I had started writing... Read more
Sad's story
I married a lovely guy we had children who were in their teenage years before he started the downward slide into drug addiction. At first it was a slow process, he started to get grumpy within our relationship. Then he started to make some... Read more
Martha's story
I grew up in homes with alcoholism. I was born during a time that the ripple effect of my grandfather's passing was impacting my family. My grandfather died in the early 1970's in an accident and my grandmother became an alcoholic. I was born... Read more
Rena's Story
My current situation is my step mother died on (we think on the 2nd) of alcohol related illnesses... the reason for being unsure on dates is because my dad was too drunk to realize that she was dead till he saw the blood... Read more
