How to Deal With My Alcoholic Mother?
Question by Pattie: How to deal with my alcoholic mother?
I’m 16 and I guess my mom has been an alcoholic for most of my life. I always hated it from when I was little, but it’s just gone on too long. I’m completely sick of it and DONE. I’ve been waiting for it to end for years and it just hasn’t stopped. It’s gotten worse lately and she drinks a lot more often now, especially now that she has a new boyfriend that encourages her. Even though he drinks with her, he gets annoyed and mad at how crazy and mean she acts while drunk. I’ve gone through too much pain and suffering over this, and I just can’t take it anymore. I have tons of my own problems, and I believe a lot of them have stemmed from my mother’s alcoholism. We’ve already gone through so many “you need help” moments, and I guess she’s tried, but she always came back to it. Also, I recently had my first physical fight with her while she was drunk. It was terrible and I’m horrified by the experience. I just have one more year until college, but I don’t even think I can last until then. I also don’t know if I’ll go to college in my area, which means I’d have to stay at home and deal with this for longer. I’m so depressed because of this, but that’s nothing new. How can I survive one more year? I guess I’ll just do the same things as always and suck it up, but I really don’t want to. I don’t want to move to a family member’s because I’d have to leave my state and my school. The only family member who lives in my state is my grandma, and she’s not very well off and it would be worse to live with her. Trying to get her to get help won’t work, I’ve been through that too many times to count. I just want to know what to do. When my mom is sober, she’s the most loving, amazing, nicest person in the world. I miss her and I don’t want to lose her or stop talking to her for 10 years or something bc of her disease. Please help?
Best answer:
Answer by stallion
…… you can try a change of place,
moving to a different location or locality,
the environment may help her to change,
you should spend more time with her,
so that she does not get the urge to drink
try to keep her sober as much as possible
by diverting her attention,
tell her to break
up with her boy friend
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