"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist, nor to any one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights." Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalist and activist.A Remarkable Woman in Recovery...
I was often given a glass of wine when I went out for dinner with my parents from the age of around 12 – it seems strange now but at the time it wasn’t. I always liked the feeling and taste of alcohol but never drank much until my mid-20s, partly as a reward for...
My childhood was an unstable mix of living with family and in foster care. I started to experience homelessness and social exclusion from my teen years and first went in to rehab in my mid-20s. I have experienced long periods of sobriety, during which I would manage...
Some of you may not have a clue what ‘recovery’ means. It has so many definitions, not just those found in your dusty copy of the Oxford Dictionary, but to anyone who has recovered from something. In layman’s terms (the terms I often rely on to understand something),...
I love my family. I adore my parents. I was even a Daddy’s girl before I knew what was really going on. Something way too big for me to comprehend or understand. Baffling. As I grew up I soon learned why Mummy would get so upset, angry, fraught with tears. Sheer...
