I'm 14 years old, and my mum is an alchoholic. She is 42, and she has been drinking for as long as I can remember. It started a long time ago. She used to have a bottle of wine a night, and from what I remember, she seemed fine. That carried on until a a while later, when she was told she has depression and her mum died. I think these were the main things that made it worse. Nowadays, she has 3-4 litres of wine a night, every night, she stays in bed most of the day, and she hasn't had a job for about 6 months. All of this has been hard for my dad, as now he is the only one bringing money in, and a big chunk of the money he earns is being spent on wine for my mum. She has been offered help by many people who have told her how serious it is, but she has never been to any appointments. When my mum drinks at night, she becomes a whole different person. Some nights, after she has been drinking, she asks my dad to take her back to the shop to get her more wine, but my dad says that he won't be a part of her killing herself, and refuses to take her, so she just goes on her own. As well as her depression, all the stress from the drinking has made me depressed as well, although it's not as bad as it used to be, it's still there. Me and my mum have a rocky relationship because of the drink, and we often fall out. I get really upset sometimes because of the drink, and I just want her to realise what she is doing to herself, and for her to stop, but she never listens when anyone tries to talk to her.
