Wring the alcohol out of an asshat and you're still left with an asshat. She sounds very vindictive and while alcohol may exacerbate that, it won't make her vindictive if she isn't already that way. Poor kid. I'm glad he has you and his grandparents to look out for him. It's such a shame that people use little kids to get what they want, without any regard as to how it will affect them.