When she drinks, she never fails to get drunk- slurring words, crying, screaming, accusing my father of being responsible for her not being happy. This happens every one to two weeks. Sometimes more, sometimes it goes a full month without an incident.
She threw out all the alcohol in the house herself saying she wasn't going to drink anymore. But then continues to buy cheap whiskey and hides the bottles around the house. She lies about how much she drinks. She says she wants to stop, but she hasn't stopped. She's isolated herself from other family members-- her own mother is afraid to visit because mom was so out of control she hit her in the chest right after a mastectomy. Dad had to take her to the emergency room once because of alcohol poisoning. She blacks out when she drinks (if she is telling the truth) and claims she remembers everything, but doesn't know what she says, who came over and helped dad get her into bed, or even going to the hospital and spitting on the ER nurses and telling them they didn't know their jobs that there was nothing wrong-- nevermind the toxicology report which finally confirmed for Dad why she was acting the way she was.
She also replaced all decorations showing wine/alcohol with coffee images-- including repainting the bathroom from wine red to coffee brown. It was instigated by my dad breaking one of the chef holding wine decorations after another binge from her. But she knew why, she knows she has a problem even if she wont admit it to anyone else for more than the duration of a conversation.
Last edited by Bella19; 01-04-2011 at 10:09 AM.
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