Today, my dad wrecked yet another car by driving drunk. He's now in jail and has a broken arm. I've begged my family to help him get sober, but they just say, "Stop your americanized bullshit, he's fine, this is how we do in the old country." I'm scared he's gonna get someone killed. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my dad got extremely drunk, so I took away his car keys and left on foot. When I came back, I saw that he had broken down my door. Now my dad is mad at me for not giving him the keys when he was drunk, and I'm door-less. FML
Today, my dad has been hitting the bottle, and will only respond to anything I say in a slurred rap. FML
Today, a drunk driver totalled my new Audi. Who was the drunk driver? My dad. FML
Today, I drove 10 hours on a broken foot to get away, because my drunk dad decided to shove me to the ground multiple times, and now I have to get fusion surgery on my foot. I also found out he’s trying to get me arrested for burglary. FML
Today, after my dad recently had to go sober or face dying within a year, it turns out that without the alcohol, his personality still sucks. He used to be a drunk asshole, but now he’s just an asshole. At least when he was drunk he used to pass out. Now he can be an asshole all night without stopping. FML
Today, my father got drunk and became crazy. He just kept talking nonsense and swaying while walking. It seemed like he was going to vomit. I hate him being like this. FML
Today, my long lost father came to visit me. He got drunk, then tried to beat me up. My neighbor called the police, and as soon as they got there, my father yelled, "Help! This man tried to stab me!" The sad part is, they believed him. FML
Today, my dad took me to a bar for my first legal drink. He quickly got "drunk" and started slurring that I was an accident, saying the only reason I'm alive is because he'd been too poor to pay for an abortion. As I started crying, he burst out laughing and said soberly, "Just kidding, son." FML
Today, my dad came home drunk off his ass. So drunk that he couldn't manage to open the refrigerator, and ended up punching it in a fit of rage. When I tried to calm him down and get him to bed, he told me to fuck off, and grounded me. FML
Today, I found out my father has been saving money to help me buy my first car. In the same conversation, I found out my mother, unbeknownst to my dad, used nearly all of the money to bail my drunken, deadbeat uncle out of jail for the fourth time a month ago. He's now back in prison. FML
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Hangryko 32
Time to call Adult Protective Services; your family is at minimum complicit to his alcoholism, at most enabling him. If APS can't help directly, they can advise you as to who can.
DLBL 23
You can't "Help someone get sober" if they don't want to get sober. but maybe they can hide any car keys.
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Hangryko 32
Time to call Adult Protective Services; your family is at minimum complicit to his alcoholism, at most enabling him. If APS can't help directly, they can advise you as to who can.
DLBL 23
You can't "Help someone get sober" if they don't want to get sober. but maybe they can hide any car keys.
sirrubberduckie 37
You can help an alcoholic get sober if they'll accept treatment and fully commit to therapy and working on a treatment program for the rest of their lives. But you can't force someone to get sober. It has to be their choice.