COA – It’s part of my DNA

This piece was bravely written by Darrell from Australia. If you feel like you relate to Darrells story and need someone to talk to then Nacoa is always there to listen. If you would like to share something as a COA then get in touch, posting more than once is always welcome too. My name…

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…

Alcoholism stole my Hero!

This weeks hugely relatable guest post comes from Rowan Parry.   My life was spent walking out of the school gates, dying of embarrassment, hoping he wouldn’t be there and hoping he wouldn’t embarrass me again. The ‘he’ I make reference to was my Dad. For the early stages of my life he was my…

Want to tell your story as the child of an alcoholic?

I cannot begin to tell you the positive affect that writing a blog has had on me. I have only been doing it for a short amount of time, but along with the YouTube videos, it has really opened up my world. I have found freedom from things I didn’t know I was imprisoned by,…