I have a wonderful partner and together we have built a happy and contented life for ourselves with two beautiful children, I have a job which I love and have recently started a foundation degree. Life is good,

However I have to live with something which has had a huge impact on my life since I was child, throughout my teenage years and now as an adult. I grew up with an alcoholic parent, the effects of this are longlasting to put it mildly and when my worst fear of my father dying due to alcoholism became a reality in December 2013 I felt it was time to share my story in the hope that it could be the start of making changes and finding answers to this dreadful disease. My journey so far has introduced me to a whole new world of writers, research and opinions which has been great!