I work at night and get into the house at 2 am. One day I came home to find her gone and my two boys (8 and 12) were in their rooms sleep. She apologized, I forgave her.
But this particular day she did not get the boys off the school bus and they were in the house all night by themselves. Being scared they walked to the police station. Finally, she arrived with my neighbor to pick up the children that’s when the officer smelled the alcohol. The next morning she left and did not come back for 4 days. When she did come back, she was very mean and disrespectful and violent (throwing things in the house). The police came and locked her up. She gets out of jail promising to due better. Also, there is an open DFS investigation on her for leaving the children home alone.
She did fine for about a week. Now it’s back to the old behaviors, staying out for days. I get worried sick because she turns off her phone there is no way to contact her.