Originally Posted by
Shamperz 
and my favourite - it calms me so I can drive better!!!!
She has a real problem, you know that. As has been said, you cannot stop her drinking as only she can do that but you can take her car keys off her if she has been drinking. You may just very well save her life or someone else's.
Do you think her problem was the spiraling addiction to the substance then or did she drink because of reason from the past?
It is both physical and mental. Regardless of what she is feeling emotionally or what issues she has from the past her body is physically addicted right now and she needs to alcohol to function. The cravings are overwhelming.