[anon876]

<p class=”p1″ style=”margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;”><span class=”s1″ style=”font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;”>My mum recently told my younger sister and I that our Dad started drinking heavily about 2 years ago, we only learned about this a couple months ago and nothing is being done to help our Dad. Both my Dad’s parents were alcoholics for many years and subsequently passed away due to their alcohol consumption. Because of this my Mum has not told my Dad’s siblings about his problem, to avoid causing them pain. The issue is my sister nor I live at home, or anywhere near home and my Mum completely refuses to acknowledge the issue. No one knows what’s been going on and it just keeps getting worse, at this point he’s consuming minimum 9 beers a day. My Dad has no support system at this time because my Mum has strictly forbidden my sister or I from telling his siblings or telling our Dad that we know what’s been going on. But we really want to tell his sister (our Aunt) because we know she’ll want to help, and my Dad needs someone to help and support him. What I really want to know is this: could us telling our Aunt be more helpful or harmful to our Dad? Is it okay to I guess “out” an alcoholic to their family? We just want him to have a support system and our Mum is completely checked out right now and we’re at a loss as to what steps to take. </span></p>

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