Child Of An Alcoholic, Now Sober Herself: Amy Dixon

Amy Dixon lost her dad Steve to alcoholism in September 2020. He was 68. Two weeks before he died, Amy had already started the work of giving up alcohol herself. In this conversation with Sober Dave, she opens up about what it was actually like growing up as the child of an alcoholic, and what life looks like two years on.

Amy talks about the bear she thought was prowling the house at night, who turned out to be her dad snoring drunk. The hospital visit at 15 when he turned up paralytic at half ten. The Al-Anon meeting she walked into in her twenties and couldn't connect with. The Amazon browsing history she found after he died, full of books about how to recover and how not to hurt your children.

She also talks about her work with NACOA, the six Cs every child of an alcoholic needs to hear, and why she finally decided to stop drinking herself two weeks before her dad's death.. 

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Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice and for Amy.

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https://alcoholchange.org.uk/

https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

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