'My name is Megan and I am now 19 years old. 'Throughout my childhood, me and my siblings had to experience some things children should not go through. 'Unfortunately my mum and her partner began drinking in 2014, my siblings were still very young but I was old enough to understand. At first I was happy, I had a young mum that was fun and always up late with me, dancing, letting me do what I wanted. Soon I realised it was something much darker than that. 'My step-dad became abusive to my mum due to alcoholism. We witnessed things I had never seen before, the house being trashed, being threatened with knives, I had no hope. 'I had noticed that their behaviour had changed. It didn’t seem like it did when they were drinking, things were calmer and it felt like everything was getting better until I realised that the alcohol had transpired to drugs...' Megan is so resilient and inspiring despite having a truly dreadful lack of support from statutory services. Tap on link in bio to read Megan's full experience story. * @Meganxsero thank you so much for sharing your story to help others. It is inspirational to hear how you have come such difficult times and be 'someone else's survival guide'. 💙 * Please all send love to Megan—if you feel ready—in the comments. Affected by the issues in Megan's story, #URNotAlone. Nacoa is here for you. Just search, 'Nacoa Helpline'. #childrenofalcoholics #adultchildrenofalcoholics #acoa #coa #adultchild #alateen #addiction #alcoholism #FYP #Charity #RecoveryPosse #Children