Alcohol self help thread II

micheleen

ac wrote:

YEAP.... thats moi :rolleyes:

More like Miss

Edinburghlass_2

ac wrote:

YEAP.... thats moi :rolleyes:

yeah right .... :rolleyes:

To wbmf, is there an older relative that might speak to your Mum that might make her see how upsetting this is for you all?

Mum's tend to think they are always right (I know I am ) but a very difficult one I agree.

edited to add this thread discusses alcoholics in the family

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=182462

wanna-be-mortgage-free_2

Edinburghlass wrote:

yeah right .... :rolleyes:

To wbmf, is there an older relative that might speak to your Mum that might make her see how upsetting this is for you all?

Mum's tend to think they are always right (I know I am ) but a very difficult one I agree.

edited to add this thread discusses alcoholics in the family

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=182462

Being the oldest in the family it's up to me but my brothers have all talked to her while sober. She gets on well for a while and then hits the drink again. My parents divorced a long time ago and unfortunatly my father passed away last year.

This may sound harse but I've decided to stay away for a while because I really can't deal with this at the moment. I have DH problems at home to try to sort out, I've got two lovely children also one is 3 the other 18 months, my father-in-law can't walk much after a stroke so I'm having to get to his house to make him tea etc not to mention I have a full-time job. So to have this on top of everything else is making life miserable at the moment. A person can only take so much and as awful as this sounds my priority is myself, my husband and my children.

Having said all that I'm very angry that she's made me feel this way :-(

Thank you all for your help and support.

ac

is there anybody there ?????????? :rolleyes:

jake2

shirl here ac xx

micheleen

I've dropped in for a while too , in between races :rolleyes:

How's things going ?

ac

well im 6 nights dry (which is the longest ive been since april)
sooo thats a good thing........ BUT...

physically and emotionally... i think you no wot im going through.

its nothing compared to last time... just a mini withdrawel

but wasnt expecting it.... thought it hadnt got hold of me again like that .:o

how wrong was i ..........

x

hows you

micheleen

The 6 nights is good hun :T , but it doesn't take much to get a hold again. I know if I went back on it for a couple of days, some withdrawl'd still be waiting at the end of it for me

I'm pretty good thanks, still don't sleep properly though :rolleyes: and still get the urge to say f*** it and go buy a bottle. Haven't done it yet though

micheleen

Always expect the unexpected hun, then you won't be surprised

Edinburghlass_2

wanna-be-mortgage-free wrote:

Being the oldest in the family it's up to me but my brothers have all talked to her while sober. She gets on well for a while and then hits the drink again. My parents divorced a long time ago and unfortunatly my father passed away last year.

This may sound harse but I've decided to stay away for a while because I really can't deal with this at the moment. I have DH problems at home to try to sort out, I've got two lovely children also one is 3 the other 18 months, my father-in-law can't walk much after a stroke so I'm having to get to his house to make him tea etc not to mention I have a full-time job. So to have this on top of everything else is making life miserable at the moment. A person can only take so much and as awful as this sounds my priority is myself, my husband and my children.

Having said all that I'm very angry that she's made me feel this way :-(

Thank you all for your help and support.

I don't think it sounds harsh at all. You have to do the best for your own little family and if that means stepping away from Mum well thats what you do. Until she has her own "light bulb moment" she won't actually be paying much attention to anyone else, in my opinion only of course

However, I do think that perhaps you should take some time to contact the Friends of AA or whatever they are called as then you can talk/interact with people who are feeling the same guilt, anger and worry as you and once you realise that you are not the only person feeling this way it may well help.

and of course come back here for a bit of support anytime