I WAS Sleeping...

[Turtleboy1017]

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Sorry if you got a blank, that was a mistake.

The point, is you have to let go of the fact that family means bond. If she is giving you a hard time, abusing you mentally, or just being a downright pain in the ass for everyone living in the house, you owe her nothing.

Get together with your family and discuss it. Sincerely and truthfully. If your mom still refuses to see the light, then the cause is lost. Ask your dad to get a divorce, and I can guarantee you that everyone, but most importantly you will have an easier time and be generally happier.

 

[sky14kemea]

Does she know how she acts? If not, video tape it and show her the next day.

Yeah this.

or alternately, change the locks when she goes out to drink >_> or leave your key in the door, until she sobers up?

yeah im not good at advice D:

 

[Samurai Goomba]

If you care, get out. Self-sacrifice just creates victims.

 

[crimsonshrouds]

Get her on doctor phil while drunk that way she can humiliate herself on national telivision

I have a cousin who did that

or just video tape her while drunk and show her while she is sober

 

[The Hairminator]

You could try some exorcism. It works on telly.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

Okay, as the subject entails I was sleeping, when I was awoken at 3:35. I was screamed-awake by my mother screaming,
" YOU FUCKERS!"
I did not know what was going on, so I got dressed and ran outside my room, thinking something bad had just happened.
My mom awoke everyone because Lila, (My mother's pug) was missing. She was accusing me and my dad, because we were the ones who locked up the house.
My mom (Oh yeah and she is totally fucking drunk) then starts punching me and screaming at me.
At this point I am scared, because I have no idea what the fuck is happening.
My dad tells me what is going on, and I look for the pug.
She was under the bed that my mom was sleeping, where she was too scared to leave because of the screaming.
We accuse my mom of being a psycho ***** (that is me and my dad) which she just shrugs off and goes to sleep.
We go downstairs, but I can't shake the feeling that this is wrong. I have seen this happen sooooooo many times with my mom. She gets drunk almost every-other day and fucking yells at all of us.
Now I have a question. How the hell do I get her to stop drinking.
And no there isn't any booze in the house, she leaves to get that.

Personal experience:

There are outpatient programs available.

If those fail,

Rehab.

Other personal experience:

DON'T WAIT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.

Edit:
Pardon, an essential piece of advice slipped past me.

Begin documenting everything.

Days she becomes drunk, her behavior, if she hits you or not (take photographs of bruises), and video footage if possible.

This isn't a "for her benefit," suggestion. This is the "legal advice," suggestion. There may come a time that she does something stupid and implicates you or your father. Love her all you like. There shall be no assumption of how she feels about the two of you while she is drunk.

 

[LuntiX]

Okay, as the subject entails I was sleeping, when I was awoken at 3:35. I was screamed-awake by my mother screaming,
" YOU FUCKERS!"
I did not know what was going on, so I got dressed and ran outside my room, thinking something bad had just happened.
My mom awoke everyone because Lila, (My mother's pug) was missing. She was accusing me and my dad, because we were the ones who locked up the house.
My mom (Oh yeah and she is totally fucking drunk) then starts punching me and screaming at me.
At this point I am scared, because I have no idea what the fuck is happening.
My dad tells me what is going on, and I look for the pug.
She was under the bed that my mom was sleeping, where she was too scared to leave because of the screaming.
We accuse my mom of being a psycho ***** (that is me and my dad) which she just shrugs off and goes to sleep.
We go downstairs, but I can't shake the feeling that this is wrong. I have seen this happen sooooooo many times with my mom. She gets drunk almost every-other day and fucking yells at all of us.
Now I have a question. How the hell do I get her to stop drinking.
And no there isn't any booze in the house, she leaves to get that.

Three words:
Intervention or Rehab

Both would work just fine.

 

[Naheal]

Tell your dad she is a psycho *****, and that he has to leave her for a nicer, more docile and less insane woman.

On a less stupid note, ask your dad to get a divorce or something? I mean if she really is as bad as it seems, you're dad should probably be pretty sick of her by now as well so.

Yeah, he is, but I can't just leave her. She is my mom, and I love her.

If you really love her, you will. She needs to wake up.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

Okay, as the subject entails I was sleeping, when I was awoken at 3:35. I was screamed-awake by my mother screaming,
" YOU FUCKERS!"
I did not know what was going on, so I got dressed and ran outside my room, thinking something bad had just happened.
My mom awoke everyone because Lila, (My mother's pug) was missing. She was accusing me and my dad, because we were the ones who locked up the house.
My mom (Oh yeah and she is totally fucking drunk) then starts punching me and screaming at me.
At this point I am scared, because I have no idea what the fuck is happening.
My dad tells me what is going on, and I look for the pug.
She was under the bed that my mom was sleeping, where she was too scared to leave because of the screaming.
We accuse my mom of being a psycho ***** (that is me and my dad) which she just shrugs off and goes to sleep.
We go downstairs, but I can't shake the feeling that this is wrong. I have seen this happen sooooooo many times with my mom. She gets drunk almost every-other day and fucking yells at all of us.
Now I have a question. How the hell do I get her to stop drinking.
And no there isn't any booze in the house, she leaves to get that.

Tell your dad to not let her have any money to buy the booze with, and when she is given money, ask what it's for. Problem solved. If she works, then...um...suggest AA.

 

[Lightnr]

OH MY GOD - all of you guys that posted in this thread are fucking idiots.
I usually never post in threads like this but the stupidity of the replies here amazed me so much that I felt compelled to say something.

To those that say: AA, divorce, threaten etc etc etc - This is not a fucking object the OP is talking about, its his mother, and she is a human being - and as such, she should be shown some compassion:

what caused her to drink that much? is she unhappy with the way something turned out in her life? does she have a tough time at work or at home? does she have positive influence in her life and someone to talk to? OP you look into these and other questions like these and think about them, and think about what you can do to help your mom.

Typical fucking institution-crushed, brainwashed idiots - I hope you don't treat people in your lives like objects that break and you send them somewhere to get "fixed", and if they cant then you send them to the loony bin. That's why most parents in the US who gave so much so their kids grow up well end up in sad retirement homes.

Start taking on some responsibility in those tiny tiny shriveled up hearts of yours and actually help those around you.

 

[RoB._.O]

i know how you feel my dad gets the same it got so bad i had to stay at my girlfriends for a week and my best friends for about a week. The worst thing is he was sober for a long time about 6 months in AA but relapsed and went back to the same thing. If you haven't done an intervention yet try that. Once she realizes what she doing to her family especially you, it might get the point across. Good luck man

 

[oliveira8]

Hmm...force her to go to AA?

If she says no. Leave the house for a couple of days, you and your dad say "We'll come back when you stop drinking" and leave her to her ruin. If she hasn't changed...get your dad to divorce her and forget all about it.

i always found AA to be the most ironic thing ever first thing you do in the meeting is announce your name to everyone then after so much time of being there and being sober they give you a badge to wear that fully announces that you are the attendant of an anonymous group

You really don't need to say your name, you can just say a random name.

"Hi my name is Bob and I'm an alcoholic."

Also unless it's a open meeting what is talked about inside an AA meeting is just for the members. If a member wishes to discuss it with his family and friends he is free to do it tho.
But the goal is that every member is the same inside the group, hence why Alcoholics Anonymous, they aren't individuals but a group.