How to help an mentally unstable, alcoholic mum?

>>18083411
I grew up with an alcoholic mother. She wasn't abusive, though her behavior certainly wounded me both mentally and emotionally. I tried for my entire childhood to get her to stop. It wasn't until I was about 20 that I actually got her to see the damage she had caused me and it took a whole lot of tears.

What I would recommend you to do is to seek help with a psychologist. I'm not sure how it goes in other countries, but the way I did that was to get in touch with my doctor and tell him what my issue was and from there on he'll decide what is best to do. Like you said, an outside force is probably what is needed. There is only so much crying and begging you can do, and even then it may not do much as it is an addiction. She needs to be willing to stop for herself to stop, though, and if she gets professional help with it there will be someone who tells her that. I wish you the best.

>>18083420
It isn't just the alcohol but her upbringing that has affected her, her parents were like this as well and it reflects on her pretty much.

I'm not sure if I can get one here that easily, I need a britfag who knows about this stuff to help me to help her.

>>18083429
I'm aware that upbringing can be the cause of such things, and alcoholism can be one of the things that passes down through the family.

That seems fair, I hope someone with more experience in your country can assist you. It's tough though, since it's their life and it feels like you want to just find a solution and make it better but if they're not willing it's a shitshow and I feel sorry for you.

>>18083434
Thanks for helping Howard, if I don't get anymore responses I'll try and speak to someone at the doctors about mum like you suggested.

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Please help, I don't want my mum to end up like her parents.