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Event Series: Decades Club

Decades Club

September 17 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Free
Decades Club for parents of adult children affected by addiction

Decades Club

Decades Club is a gentle, supportive space for parents who have been living with their adult child’s addiction or mental health challenges for years. It’s not about fixing your child. It’s not about being told what to do. It’s about taking care of you.

If you have been living with your adult child’s addiction or mental health struggles for years, you will know how much it can take from you.

The constant worry.
The hoping things will change.
The setbacks.
The feeling that you have to keep going, whatever it costs.

Over time, it can begin to feel like this has quietly become your life.

You may have found yourself carrying it alone,
wondering if you could have done something differently…
or how much longer you can keep going like this.

Decades Club is a space for you. This is a place where you can:

  • Take a breath.
  • Be with people who truly understand.
  • Begin to come back to yourself, at your own pace
  • There is no pressure to share more than you want to.
  • No judgment.
  • No expectations. Just space, understanding, and support.

Decades Club is for parents who:

  • Have an adult child affected by addiction
  • Have been living with this for a long time
  • Feel the emotional weight of years of caring, worrying, and holding on
  • Are ready (even just a little bit) to have some support for themselves
  • You don’t have to be in crisis.
  • You don’t have to have the “right words.”

If this resonates, you are welcome.

What we do together

Each session is simple, gentle, and human and it always starts over tea and cake, so you can:

  • Connect with other parents who really get it, know you are not alone.
  • Feel heard in a safe, supportive space.
  • Learn simple, practical ways to steady yourself when things feel overwhelming.
  • Explore self-compassion and self-care in a way that feels possible (not pressured).
  • Begin to find small moments of space, strength, and relief.
  • You can take part as much or as little as you like.

Important Notice:

This is not a formal therapy group, but the hope is that it may have a therapeutic impact on your life.  Blossome is not a crisis intervention service. We signpost to other services. Information will be provided at the session to ensure all participants feel supported.

Please book a ticket

When you book a ticket, it helps us plan for the right number of people, and it also helps you make a commitment to your self-care.

Facilitators

Each session is gently facilitated by members of the Blossome community who have also been living with their adult child’s addiction over many years. They have completed a Blossome self-care or self-compassion programme and are part of our Blooming Companions, there to welcome you and be alongside you.

Kim Moore, Founder of Blossome and a qualified Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher, will also be present to share simple, practical self-compassion practices to help ease the suffering you may be carrying. You can learn more about Kim here.

Q & A about the Decades Club

Yes. In fact, many parents find this is the first time they’ve had permission to do that. Looking after yourself doesn’t mean you care any less, it helps you keep going. And it makes you a better carer as you’ll have more energy if you do care for yourself better. What you learn can also have a positive ripple effect on others around you, including your adult child. It can even take pressure off them, making their recovery a little easier. It’s likely they worry about you and feel guilty about what their addiction is doing to you. If you start caring for yourself, they will see that, and feel the positive impact.

That’s completely natural. Many people feel unsure before their first visit. You will be met with warmth and understanding, there is no expectation on you. Everyone in the room understands how complex and painful this can be. This is a judgment-free space.

You are welcome exactly as you are. Many parents are still in the middle of it.

No. You can share as much or as little as you want. We mostly talk about how we are, what we need, how we feel. We don’t talk about the things happening as that can be very difficult for others in the group to listen to.  Instead, we talk about what we can do to care for ourselves. Everything is always a choice and you can always choose to simply listen.

No. This is a supportive, community space. We gently introduce self-compassion and practical tools, but there is no pressure to talk and no clinical feel. That’s why we intentionally base is in a lovely tea room.

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