I had lunch with a friend I have known for 25 years today. She knows all of my mom drama so when I told her the latest segment, she sympathized but then started making all sorts of excuses/explanations for my parents' situation. I don't know if she was doing it to be nice, or just that people who haven't experienced alcoholism truly don't understand how alcohol can take over one's life. Still, for the first time in a long time, I started second guessing whether I am a drama queen with all of this alcohol addiction stuff. Thank goodness for SR and all of you because sometimes I feel all alone and unsure of myself tackling my sobriety and dealing with my mother's alcoholism.