Don’t know what to say other than this question
Harrie had unremitting psychosis and addiction difficulties and was killed by a car
Clare is severely many years into alcoholism near to the worst i have seen. was basically a war child with early trauma, and has been abused repeatedly raped and beaten as was Harrie.
while i’ve never been slapped in anger, am in remission for 11+ years (after 18 months acute psychosis, - the peak of then 15 years schizophrenic) happily married and living the dream, I also have autism and my husband is also autistic… so our school life wasn’t easy but we found each other.
intense disability on the scale of 3rd most severe illness in acute stage and still the only one to find peace