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Feb 08, 2011, 08:59 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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Hi ~ I can certainly understand. Both my parents were alcoholics. It sounds like your Mom has a drinking problem. I can't call her an alcoholic -- only she can put that label on herself, but it sure sounds like she is.
Alcoholism is a disease -- it's a progressive and fatal disease, but it CAN be stopped if the person wants to stop drinking more than anything else. But no amount of begging, pleading, nagging is going to make her stop. She's going to have to stop on her own, when SHE wants to. I pray she wants to very soon. I hope she reaches out to AA and gets the help she needs.
I know that you are hurt -- I had to go thru that hurt too. My parents used to fight terribly - they even got into physical fights, and those were horrible. Back then, no one called the cops -- neighbors just minded their own business. I wish they had called them - maybe things would have been different.
Alcoholics don't know what's going on around them - I should say, they CHOOSE not to pay attention to what's going on. They drink when the going gets rough. They are NOT responsible adults -- they shirk their duties as parents and as employees. They are lousy at both.
I would advise you to talk to your counselor at school. Perhaps then she can get in touch with Childrens' Services -- and you might be removed from the home. You don't have to live like that -- in fact you SHOULDN'T live like that.  Talk to your counselor. He/she will help you. God bless you. Hugs, Lee 
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