“There’s more pity with cancer but there’s a taboo around addiction”. Grief, addiction and living with loss; with Natalie Marsh

Funded by you, for youIf you'd like to support the running of the podcast (please do!) follow the links below:Click here to make a one-time donation.While living with her Dad’s alcohol addiction and balancing life as as a student, Natalie’s Mum was suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer and given days to live.After her Mum died, her Dad’s addiction took a turn for the worst and she expected every phone call she’d get to be telling her he had died or he was in hospital. We discuss how her grief feels different for both of her parents and how it felt like she’d been grieving her dad for years by the time he had died, whereas her Mum’s death came as a huge shock. Natalie talks about how she noticed the difference in support to her Dad’s death compared to her Mum’s and how we’ve all still got so much to learn about addiction and the affect it has on people’s families. This is such an important podcast and it does a fantastic job of highlighting how everyone’s experience with death and grief can be so different.Contact MeEmail - [email protected] You can also find me on Facebook at - Dead Parent Club Podcastor on Instagram at - @deadparentclubpodcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deadparentclub. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.