I'm not a single mom, but I'm a disabled man who spends a lot of time at home, depending on my physical condition.
For a lot of years I drank to 'deal with the boredom' or deal with a whole other range of things - the list just grew bigger and bigger....boredom, sadness, anger, happiness, fear...afternoon drinks became wake up drinks in the morning...eventually I just drank with everything.
Alcoholism really is progressive - some periods I drank less? But I always ended up drinking more overall.
I eventually had to deal with my drinking, and I'm glad I did.
I'm still pretty much housebound but I live a full life - I like myself, and I don't need alcohol for anything.
I needed to change my life - however difficult, however inconvenient, I needed to make real definite changes.
The people here helped me do that and they supported me.
I hope we can help you too.
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