How do you deal with death ?
What happens when you have to deal with the fallout from the Alcoholic ?
Why did he die first ?
Support and family - what happens when they then start blaming you ?
(This is the first part - before the meltdown)
A very strange scenario happened with my parents and the Neighbours.
They had psychological warfare to try to outdo each other, with who could buy the latest thing to try and improve their status.
Yet who suffered ...... yes you got it, the children!
Look around you - what do you actually need?
What does it take to be a Great Grandparent?
How did my Grandparents influence my life (or not)?
We question my role as I don't have any children of my own.
Mark took a blow to his head in his 30's.
He tells us the problems he has gone through to get where he is.
What happened next is an inspirational story.
Are you really Jealous of me? (You have to be kidding)
The question was raised in a previous podcast on how do I see the world outside - am I jealous of people's relationships with their families?
Strange point is that some of my associates have told me they are Jealous of my life......
I discuss the issue
Dawn approached me at a public speaking event many years ago and said we must catch up to discuss my topic of Alcohol abuse.
4 years later we have eventually got around to recording it.
You can check out Dawn's information as to what she now does at Cognitive Hypnotherapy
One amazing woman.
My friend's son challenge me to do unrehearsed questions on the podcast - I have no idea what he is going to ask/talk about.
I have known Paul for over 31 years and he has never questioned why his dad's friend was slightly unhinged.....Until now......
So let's do this...
Ask away ......
Dancing Queen - that is what my father thought of men dancing.
Yet come to a party and then you are false to dance (and then suffer abuse) -
The question is why is this happening?
WHY CAN'T I JUST LET IT GO AND JUST DO IT.
The fear of just letting go of the manuscript of my life - why can't I just do it !
(Apology about the sound on this one)
No not the TV series.
What is a friend, I know thousands of people yet are they people who you can trust?
One to think about.
People said to me Pray and things will get better ........ I did that but things got worse ........
Please listen to this with an open mind as I am not knocking your views, merely this is my viewpoint as to what happened.
Interesting - What do you think my mother did for a living?
Am I a Narcissist ?
Having been accused of the same I take the test to find out.
Owen tells his story of his battle with alcohol and the effects around him.
Look out for his book later on this year.
Actor and now author Perry Power tells his story of childhood abuse and how it affected his behavior.
A powerful interview that will leave you shocked with the revelations he tells
Please buy his book “Breaking the Silence” and also look out of his Charity “We rescue Kids”
An alcoholics house isn't nice!
The floor is dirty, surfaces unwashed, mouse droppings everywhere (let alone the smell) - This is an impression of what I lived in.
Yet is there a connection between self-respect and respect of property - that is the question?
Bullying but what happens if it is at work?
How do I escape from my home if I don't work, but at what cost on my mental health.
Kellys speech on her alcoholic father
Kelly gave an amazing speech at a public speaking event - little did I know she was talking about her alcoholic father!
This is a phone conversation after the speech (and please listen to her speech after this episode)
What an Amazing Woman!
What happens when you just can't take any more?
What happens when you tell people around you but are ignored?
What happens when you're told you are lying?
Suicide?
This is my story and please please please get help if you ever get to this stage.
(Ozzy Osbourne once wrote a song Suicide Solution about Bonn Scott (AC/DC) committing suicide - but how true is it?)