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Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

I must disagree with the first half of that statement. My mom truly is an alcoholic. She pays her bills and takes care of her responsibilities. She's not ok. She has started having serious medical issues due to the constant drinking. She drinks every night as soon as she gets home from work and drinks till she passes out. She gets up and goes to work in the morning, usually after puking a few times. She does fine at work and doesn't drink anything during the day, but the instant she walks in the door, she pours a drink.

We've all tried to talk to her and get her to stop, but she hasn't. Oh, she's tried a couple times, but then would think she could have one drink. She can't. We think she may have just gotten the wake up call she needed, as her doctor says she has an issue with her pancreas. She will be going into detox soon and we all hope she will be ok if she stops drinking. It's too early to tell.

As for the second half of your statement, I would agree. I don't even want to know how much my mom spends on alcohol, but she goes through nearly a pint of gin a night and I know that can't be cheap. She's always bitching about not having enough money. I hope that not drinking will help her both physically and financially.

I'm just glad I don't have the bug.

First,I'm sorry to hear about you're Mom and I hope that she'll be ok! Second, I'm one of those weird,"do it as long as it doesn't harm others" guys. Now,I understand that the people close to an alcoholic are affected (both of my parents and most of my family were/are alcoholics) but the same can be said of smokers,pot heads,sport bike riders,sky divers,etc. Anything that we do,that can harm us,could affect our loved ones. Some people love alcohol and can't be happy without it. We're all basically killing ourselves in one way or another....