‘The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved’ Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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Today Turning Point have reported that 2.6 million young people are affected by parental alcoholism.
At COAP young people have posted a lot of messages about a parents addiction to alcohol. We also have messages posted by young people living with a parent of family members addiction to drugs, and things such as gambling.
Watch Emma talk about her mum's addiction to alcohol.
Here Carlene Firmin share her thoughts on children and the loss of an addicted parent.
"When I heard about Whitney Houston's death, my thoughts turned to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, 18, and the struggle she must be facing in dealing with the loss of her mother.
I have seen children lose a parent to addiction. Accompanying the grief of bereavement are tormenting feelings of anger and a lack of self-worth. I have heard children say their parent chose alcohol or drugs over them, or that as a son or daughter they "weren't worth sticking around for"."
I love my Mum, and she loves me but every time I look into her eyes I don't like what I see.
