seacatlady

I am here because my 53 year-old sister is an alcoholic and takes various prescription pills on a regular bases. She's been to rehab twice for alcohol (maybe three times) and has attended AA meetings but only seems to be getting worse. She has lost her license, her husband, and many good friends. The latest thing that happened was at her sons wedding reception on Oct 19. She seemed "ok" in the very beginning but slowly started changing. Then she was found slouching in her chair with her tongue hanging out of her mouth and had very slurred speech. She couldn't walk and had to escorted out by her oldest son and my husband. Me and my son took her home and she admitted to taking 2 pills (told us they were oxy). She missed the cake cutting, speeches, and the mom/son dance. She slept through the whole day and most of the night Sunday with the aid of more pills (6 Ambien, we think) and did not get up until she needed food late Sunday night. It is very sad when her children are forced to come up with an evacuation plan for their mom but I never thought that she would actually take pills or do anything to jeopardize her son's wedding. This has been a wake up call for me but now I feel very helpless and hopeless. I want to protect my mom because she has allowed my sister to live with her and sister is just using her. She denies taking the pills (as usual) at the wedding reception. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Vale

A factoid I got second hand was the addict I cared about
went west to bury her Mom----but got too high to
actually go to the funeral.
If someone cannot control it enough to say a dignified
"goodbye" to a primary relationship-----which of us think
this is a game we could possibly win????

Addiction is a life devouring monster!

seacatlady

Hi Vale,
I understand because addict sister managed to keep it together during our Dad's funeral this past May, much to our surprise. We had a couple of strong family friends on stand-by during his funeral service just in case she needed to be removed quickly. It is very sad indeed.

seacatlady

Update: I went to my first AL-anon meeting last Thursday and it was wonderful. I am trying to encourage my mom and the family to attend meetings in their area but we will see. My Addict Sister had a CAT scan because she was trying to come up with a "believable" excuse for her behavior at the wedding..still not admitting that she used any drug. The CAT scan came normal.

Take care and hope everyone has a good weekend!