Today, my mom told me she wasn't an alcoholic because she doesn't get "black out drunk" daily. She only gets drunk enough to slur her words and reek of alcohol daily, so it's okay. FML
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Today, my mum got upset with me for having my first hangover ever after being of legal drinking age for over 6 years. She is a closet alcoholic in denial who hides red wine bottles around the house. FML
Today, my mom celebrated a year's sobriety by having a couple of beers with her boyfriend. FML
Today, I asked my mom why she drinks. She said she only drinks when she's depressed. My step-dad said she only drinks on the weekend. Those are the days I'm at her house. FML
Today, I had to pick up my drunk mom at bar. While we were driving home, she thanked me over and over again, and then said, "Thank god you have no life!" FML
Today, my drunken mother told me I'm just like my father and that I don't give a fuck about her. She's living in my home and drinking my wine. FML
Today, my once-alcoholic mom told me that she would sell me for a shot of vodka. FML
Today, my alcoholic mother decided to finally check herself into rehab. She did it while drunk, and flirted with the front attendant. FML
Today, my mom left the house in the morning, leaving me alone. I called and I got no answer. Hours later, she finally answers one of my calls and tells me that she'd been in an AA meeting all this time. Happy, I tell her to come home. She came home drunk. FML
Today, I caught my mom trying to get secretly smashed out of her brain-box on booze at 8:00 a.m. FML
Today, as usual, my mom got shitfaced and started berating me for something. This time, it was for missing a therapy appointment. Not only am I unable to drive, it was her appointment. For her alcoholism. FML
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Crazion 26
That's what alcoholics do.
NickD6 14
Da Nile isn't just a river in Egypt
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lynadette 5
Alcoholic here... Best you can do is let her know how much it's destroying you. That helped when my daughter said that to me. She had a heartfelt conversation with me one morning going to great detail about how much my addiction was ruining her life as well as mine. Good luck, op!
skynyrd714 3
Check out Alanon
zzctdi 3
Yes... This.
guesswhatlifesux 14
Technically, an alcoholic is defined as someone who needs alcohol on a daily basis. Meaning, even old ladies who drink a glass of wine a day are alcoholics
Xamry14 10
Needs and wants are two different things. I used to drink a glass of wine or two every day after work but when I got tired of spending the money I stopped. No cravings or anything and quit just fine. I wasn't an alcoholic. Now if I needed it and had trouble stopping then that is when I would have crossed the line to addiction. It's more complicated then just if a person drinks everyday that means they are an alcoholic. It's when that want develops to a need that the habit turns into addiction. It's a very fine line that's easy to stumble over.
stevenbro 6
No, not true at all. There is actually no definition of an alcoholic.
GhostFox 34
Alcoholism is one type of an alcoholism use disorder, with binge drinking being another. AUD is basically defined as "the use of or preoccupation with alcohol to the point that it interferes with the subjects life." That can mean the person shows up to work drunk, the person using any stressor as an excuse to drink, or that their drinking habits make their relationships become unhealthy for either themself or the other person. So there is are definitions for what behaviors make one an alcoholic, but a person doesn't have to drink everyday to be one. One drink a day doesn't make you an alcoholic unless you experience the symptoms of AUD if you skip that drink. A person could also only drink once a year, but if every time they drank that one time out of the year they drank 4+ servings of alcohol in less than an hour, they would still be an alcoholic TL;DR, alcoholism functions like any other addiction and is in fact medically defined.
EyRaB 17
Denial is a common defense mechanism for alcoholics or any addiction for that matter.
tomvertigo 17
That's what an alcoholic would say
MitiMiki 16
I'm sorry to hear that, OP. I suggest you get some counseling on how to deal with the issue. Al-Anon/Alateen is a good place to start. It's important that you talk to your mom about how her drinking is affecting you. Remain calm and make sure you approach it when she's sober. Alcoholism is a sinister and evil disease, and nobody can fight it alone.
Sandman2015 12
Seriously how does someone "deserve" an alcoholic mother? What a bunch of dickbags.
brunanolasco 11
That's exactly what a alcoholic would say.
tlnorman 18
Denial she's definitely an alcoholic and she won't stop until she realizes that herself.
9a_1z 12
Have you tried filming her and showing her the footage? She might realise the gap between how she think she's acting and how much the alcohol is affecting her. But I know how much of an uphill battle it is to make someone realise they have a problem. Ultimately it's her that has to acknowledge it, it's not your fault if you can't make her.