Paul,

I have been facing something similar in my wife.

I go to Alanon, and a support group of a local addiction rehab center,
and have also read a superb book that has helped me greatly.

its tough when you love someone.

The book is "Love First" by Jeff Jay, one of the foremost addiction
counselors in the US.

Is there any law/statute in Australia that can force your mom into
rehab? Some jurisdictions do. For example in Florida, the is the
Marchman act.

Keep on loving your mother, but don't love what alcohol is doing to
her. You yoursel may want to NOT use alcohol as it seems to hurt your
family members and you may be more at risk for alcoholism once you
start/continue drinking

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:14:11 GMT, "rosie read n' post"
<readandpost@yahoo.com> wrote:

>paul,
>have you been to ALANON?