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Old 09-22-2011, 05:47 PM
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firecallie
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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PLEASE HELP, I need advice

My mom is killing herself with alcohol. She waked up drunk and goes to bed drunk. She has stopped eating. She has health issues and the only reason she wants to live is because of me. This is not enough for her though. She will not get help, I have tried. So I have two options...

1. Force her into a mental health institution and deal with her hating me for however long she has left even though I have heard that if they don't want to get better they never will. Do I deal with the guilt of locking her up for the rest of her life? (because I have no doubt she would never get out)

2. Or let her slowly kill herself with the alcohol and let her finish her life how she wants. Do I deal with the guilt that I didn't stop it? Could I stop it?

I know that you can't tell me what I should do, but what would you do? I'm so lost right now.
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