adult children of alcoholics – Loving an Addict

The Sweet Smell of… Alcoholism

There were signs of my mother dying that I didn’t know ahead of time. I use these as a baseline for knowing how my dad is doing.

Silent Loss

I was a momma’s girl. Maybe even to a fault….I was shy and quiet and had really high anxiety. She was loving and nurturing and so confident. She was so safe. I remember her hugs, her laugh, how she smelled – it was all so comforting. Things didn’t change overnight, they changed really slowly overContinue reading “Silent Loss”

Loving Mary.

My mother was Mary Judith Ann Poisson. She loved to declare things in dramatic ways using her full name, like “I, Mary Judith Ann Poisson and I am saying we are having pizza for dinner tonight!” She was born of Irish and French-Quebec parents who didn’t drink. She was the youngest of 7 kids; 4Continue reading “Loving Mary.”