On Monday 9th January, BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour broadcast a feature about How to Cope With an Alcoholic Parent. They interviewed RSA Fellow and Trustee for Nacoa (the National Association for Children of Alcoholics) Tracey West, and Emma Spiegler, from Adfam. The following day, BBC producer Caroline Donne said, “This discussion has brought in…
Category: mental health
9 lessons I learnt being the child of an alcoholic parent.
It’s the beginning of #COAweek today, and I’m hoping for a hive of activity here on COAisathing to tie in with everything else that goes on. Though I can’t promise it, I hope to have a post going out from here every night of the week. Fingers crossed I can achieve that. So to kick…
Abstinence or Chaos.
Today’s post is another anonymously written piece. if you feel like you’re effected by what you read, remember Nacoa is here for you and always willing to listen. If you anything you would like to share on the coaisathing platform then please contact us using the contact form. On Christmas Eve I nipped to…
I just know I need to break that cycle.
My story isn’t much different from yours, I’m a 32-year-old mother of one.I was the only child of a quick and volatile Marriage. After my parents separated and my mother returned to her home town. She quickly found a job in a local pub and worked while I started school, I saw my dad most…
My Dad
This post was written by the author of ‘Celestial Bean on planet earth’ which you may want to check out. Note: This was originally penned 2 years ago, but still remains as relevant (and heartbreaking to read) as it was when I wrote it. Losing a parent sucks. But trust me, losing a parent and feeling…
My addiction experiment.
We all have this idea of exactly how addiction works. You do something too much and your body gets physically addicted and then it becomes difficult to stop. But addiction is way more than that. Of course there is the physical element, but I totally believe that it’s about one’s state of mind. I believe…
Taking a compliment
In times gone by, of all the things you could say to me, what do you think I would struggle with the most? Naturally people are thinking of something negative right? Well let me tell you, what I would struggle with most was probably a complement! Yep, I mean if you insulted me it might hurt,…
And I’ll see you again when it’s time for me.
I’ve been thinking about writing about my own experience for some time, but as usual life gets in the way and there’s little time to reflect. I feel now is the time to reflect, and through sore, puffy eyes I’d like to share my story. We all want an amazing Mum, don’t we? The type…
Society’s big mistake!
Most of us want to help children, I don’t doubt this, but alcoholism has a way of pulling us in and preventing us from doing that. I’m not just talking about the alcoholic being prevented from helping their children due to alcoholism, I’m talking about all of us. Yep that’s right, us, society. I genuinely…
Change did come!
Don’t talk Don’t trust Don’t feel These are the three principles I have spent most of my adult life trying to break after growing up in a household where the primary caregiver was an alcoholic. Not an alcoholic in a string vest, jobless, sipping out of a brown paper bag covered bottle. No, my mother was…
Being a COA is a thing! 