My family doesn't get MI but they accept it on some level. I don't talk about it and they don't ask. They are much more interested in my alcohol recovery. They ALL drink heavily. I can't be around them due to their drinking. It triggers me to want to drink. I don't see them much. Usehername, that is so awful about your Mom, I'm sorry that that happened to her and to you. Refuse, hang in there with your family and see if there is a NAMI support group in Atl for family and friends of MI that they could go to to educate themselves.