I can see the physical and mental impact on her and can’t condone it any longer,but I think she might react badly if I try to talk to herIt has become clear that my mother drinks far too much and does not contain it under control. She seems to regain drunk pretty much every night (drinking 15 units-plus) and I regularly see her start earlier, drink faster and finish later than anybody else, or as well as “needing” a drink by mid-to-late afternoon most days. There are times when I won’t call past 9pm because I know she will be slurring,and maintaining a conversation is hard. The plan that if I had kids, I might not want to leave them with her, and is particularly hard.
However,I am not sure she recognises this as a problem. We were always a family where drinking was just something we did. I feel I can see the impact of it on her physical health, mental sharpness and mood, or can’t sit by and condone it any longer. She doesn’t contain any other close family left in the country,so it falls to me to talk to her, but I think she might react badly to being told what to carry out, or just deny things. What can I carry out? Should I be so frustrated that this has been left to me to deal with?
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Source: theguardian.com