I Am the Child of An Alcoholic


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Miserable

Alcoholism runs in my family. My grandmother and now mother are both alcoholics. I can remember my grandmother drinking as far back as I can...

Growing Up With An Alcoholic

From the ages of 9 years old until I was a senior in High School my mom was married to an alcoholic. Life was very difficult. My mother was...

My Mom Is An Alcoholic....

My mom has been drinking for a little over ten years now and I just don't know what to do. I am so afraid I am going to go to wake her up...

Because Of My Dad, I'll Never Touch Beer.

I literally don't want anything to do with alcohol after dealing with an alcoholic father my entire life. He has a lot of problems, but his...

My Mom Drank Herself to Death

I am 29 and my mom died on Thanksgiving 2005 of cirrhosis of the liver. Slowly, her liver, kidneys, and lungs failed. She was 44. There is...

A Long Line of Alcoholics

My family history, more than anything, convinces me that genetics has a strong influence on what we do in life. It doesn't preordain our...

5 O'clock At My House

Everyday at five o'clock, my dad would come home from work and be greeted by mother with a kiss and a glass of whiskey and soda.  She...
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