Families & Friends Of Addicts Support Group
Addiction affects more than just the individual. This community is dedicated to the families and friends of individuals suffering from any form of addiction. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems. Family members react to the addicted person with particular behavioral...
what my mum did to me? Shes an alcoholic & im finding it hard to deal with everything else at the moment. Ive come to terms with it and accepted whats happened to her. But everything else around me seems to be bugging me. I hate alcohol. Everything about it. Because of what mum did to me, i cant be around people drinking or getting drunk. I've got my birthday party coming up soon & people are drinking.. I dont know how to deal with it. Even when my friends mention "drinking" or getting pissed i get angry inside. Not at them. At the alcohol. I cant get away from it its all around me. It sounds stupid but sometimes i feel like im going mad. I just need help getting over it...
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I miss traveling with my husband. Has anyone found a specific site regarding cruising for widow/widowers or any sightseeing trips. Not interested in being with couples and kids,,,I realize a cruise ship will have a portion size of families and couples, but perhaps they also put together a part of the cruise ship for groups of widows/widowers????
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
i only know alcohol as a 'bad thing'
due to my mum drinking so badly throughout most of my life....ive come to realise that others that drink dont always get violent and abusive.
my 9 yr old daughter has witnessed my mums episodes wen she was younger and now always associates violence with alcohol...to me alcohol is the worst form of 'drug' u can take.xxxx