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“They weren’t passed out on the floor, so I thought it wasn’t a problem”: The hidden reality of children growing up around alcohol dependence

“They weren’t passed out on the floor, so I thought it wasn’t a problem”: The hidden reality of children growing up around alcohol dependence

by Leah Massingham | Nov 25, 2025 | Health, In Focus, In Focus Top Story

When Chloe Green (not her real name), 23, thinks back to her childhood in Scarborough, she remembers the sound of the front door before anything else. The scrape of keys, the weight behind the hinge, the way it shut. Those small cues shaped her whole world. “I learned...

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