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Just Got Another Phone Call...... GHG hates her life but not enough to quit drinking
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 609228" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I don't have any experience with children in this situation, but my sister is a functional alcoholic and recovering coke addict. She basically substituted alcohol for coke.</p><p></p><p>She seems to function OK, but I remember years of watching this and being powerless as my mother was in denial and my father was too deep in his bipolar to take a really active role.</p><p></p><p>I got to the point with my sister where I drew some firm lines around my heart and didn't let her in. I did it for sheer self-preservation. No matter how hard I tried; no matter how much I wanted to help her...I couldn't and all trying was doing was tearing my life apart.</p><p></p><p>She re-initiated contact about 6 months ago and I talk to her weekly. It is always an hour of "what is going on with her, while I make appropriate noises. I don't know if she's still drinking or not actually, I know she still keeps it in the house as she offered me a beer or three when I last visited and that despite her knowing that I was had driven my mother to her house for the visit.</p><p></p><p>I care about her, but I can't let her get too close without her sucking my brains out.</p><p></p><p>I guess what I'm trying to say is that despite coming from a position of lack of comparable experience, that you have to get to the point where you save yourself.</p><p></p><p>I do know that she HAS to go through medical detox. For her to quit on her own would be possibly lethal. People have died of acute alcohol withdrawal.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, she's the only one who can make the decision to seek help quitting and to stay sober.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 609228, member: 1963"] I don't have any experience with children in this situation, but my sister is a functional alcoholic and recovering coke addict. She basically substituted alcohol for coke. She seems to function OK, but I remember years of watching this and being powerless as my mother was in denial and my father was too deep in his bipolar to take a really active role. I got to the point with my sister where I drew some firm lines around my heart and didn't let her in. I did it for sheer self-preservation. No matter how hard I tried; no matter how much I wanted to help her...I couldn't and all trying was doing was tearing my life apart. She re-initiated contact about 6 months ago and I talk to her weekly. It is always an hour of "what is going on with her, while I make appropriate noises. I don't know if she's still drinking or not actually, I know she still keeps it in the house as she offered me a beer or three when I last visited and that despite her knowing that I was had driven my mother to her house for the visit. I care about her, but I can't let her get too close without her sucking my brains out. I guess what I'm trying to say is that despite coming from a position of lack of comparable experience, that you have to get to the point where you save yourself. I do know that she HAS to go through medical detox. For her to quit on her own would be possibly lethal. People have died of acute alcohol withdrawal. Sadly, she's the only one who can make the decision to seek help quitting and to stay sober. [/QUOTE]
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