My mother is an alcoholic. I’m grown and have my own home with my own kids but my dad still lives with my mum although for years he’s been saying he wants to leave. My mum is the loveliest mum/wife when sober then she will find some excuse to start drinking and find some one to blame and it’s my poor dad who has to live with it day in/day out. I wish he would have the courage to leave and enjoy the rest of his life (both in their 60s). We as a family have had to deal with this for 10+ years. She’s been to rehab a good few times, attended meetings in the past but then does well for a few months and thinks she’s then ok. We can always tell when she’s started again and it’s heartbreaking every time she relapses. It never gets easier and she can be so nasty and spiteful when drinking especially to me and my dad. She’s been doing so well the last few months and has now started with the drink and abuse again in the last week. Now my dad is completely stuck indoors having to face it all alone.
