[cisco]

Thank you MaryPoppins23, sorry for the rant i just feel i have very limited options for support and feel a massive amount of guilt for even thinking about myself.

My son is older and doesn’t live at home, but feel too embarrassed to discuss the problem with anyone.

I am going to try and see my gp (easier said than done). Back home after work to find him flat out and an empty bottle, cant even get 2 words out if him, and worry he will never get back to work or talk.

Thanks for listening

[cisco]

Thank you MaryPoppins23, sorry for the rant i just feel i have very limited options for support and feel a massive amount of guilt for even thinking about myself.

My son is older and doesn’t live at home, but feel too embarrassed to discuss the problem with anyone.

I am going to try and see my gp (easier said than done). Back home after work to find him flat out and an empty bottle, cant even get 2 words out if him, and worry he will never get back to work or talk.

Thanks for listening

[cisco]

I’m so lost and dont really know what to do next. I have been with my husband for 20, he is a heavy drinker, currently a bottle of rum a day. Things reached a head about 3 years ago when I couldnt cope with his drinking anymore, he lied about attending aa meetings but finally i got him to the hospital/doctors when he went cold turkey and suffered bad side effects. Things where a little better after the side effects subsided, i worked on a reduced drinking plan with him which was ok at first but within 4 months he was back to excessive drinking.At that point he seemed to be functioning at work – but i worried daily about car accidents etc. over the last 3/4 months things have got worse again, a bottle of spirits a day, moody, forgetful, massive weight loss, no apetite. After a recent bout of covid i made him go to the doctors for blood tests etc as he didnt return to work and basically has spent the last 6 weeks either sleeping or drinking (Im at work). He said his bloods came back ok, i have my doubts, he is due a ct scan in a few days but still carries on with drinking and smoking, he wont discuss. He has no family close by and refuses to discuss with his parents/siblings anyway. I feel my health is now reallt suffering because of the worry, of what may happen when im not there. Yesterday he fell in the house, which i know was due to no food and lots of drink, he denies it. All he does is sleep, (but can manage to walk to the shop daily for alcohol!!) I am convinced with weight loss and being a drinker and smoker he has a cancer. I keep this hidden from my son and parents, although i think they may have an idea. I dont want to be cruel, but i also dont want to spend my later years looking after a drunk, Really at the end of my tether with nobody to talk to. We are mid 50’s

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