I grew up with an alcoholic father (codependent mother) so

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I grew up with an alcoholic father (codependent mother) so lucky me? Haha...I'm the best/worst of both. Can anyone point me towards a resource? Yes...I to the best of right now understand the alcoholism...the codependency not so much and yet I know I have both! Lucky me :rofl: well I think that i need to understand both sides better and I have to wonder if there's a category for those of us who are BOTH? Any help/suggestions appreciated :heart:

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#2

Welcome here. I think most all of us are both.

Reach out to your local Alcoholics Anonymous group and get to a meeting. There is a solution there.

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#3

I suggest going to an Al-Anon meeting :pray:t3: this is a branch of AA but it’s for family friends of alcoholics and yes alcoholics can attend too since you dealt with it as a kid

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#4

Dont see any listed in my f nowhere area...no bs...I have to wonder if the category is just f'd! Lol...I'm an ahole who always ends up w an ahole and it's not good

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#5

ACA
Life changer
It's the grail for me

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#6

What is ACA?

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#7

ACA = adult children of alcoholics

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#8

It’s a big club

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#9

Also CoDA. CoDependents Anonymous.
There are online meetings. You can find 24 hour AA & NA meetings. There are also online meetings for just about any recovery process or program that you can think of. It's one of the best things that Covid-19 gifted to recovering people: the ability to find online recovery and meetings.

I've got more information if you are interested. www.intherooms.com is one such resource!

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#10

And I'm 'dual diagnosed' as well as a raving RECOVERING codependent/addict.

Love you ❤️‍🩹

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#11

I attend a CoDA fellowship in person here in NorCal. Also, the CoDA text hits home for me.

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