Alcohol issues

LegacyUser

Hi,

Just looking for some advice please. My mother is an alcoholic. For years she has tried different treatment programmes, AA etc and some have worked for a short period but she inevitably falls off the wagon.
The last few months have been particularly bad and the last week has been awful. She is drinking non-stop and at a point that she just does not care if she lives or dies. She said she wants help but I really do not know where to turn.

Can anyone recommend a good advice or support line that could help?

TwoShedsJackson

http://www.al-anon-ireland.org/ Al Anon is for people who are being affected by the drinking of another. You may be able to try the Samaritans as well, they should be able to suggest places where you can get help for you and your mother.

Good luck.

BallyEllen

Try Cuan Mhuire in Bruree 06390555. They have new womens unit down there and may be suitable to your mother.

Sanjuro

Hey, OP. sorry to hear what you're going through. I went through something very similar over the Christmas period with my own mother and it made Christmas very tough to get through. I'm afraid I've no advice as to how to help your mother. If they don't want to seek help themselves, it' s almost impossible to help, and you can feel like you're banging your head off a wall. All I can say is try to find a way to vent your own feelings towards this. Having to go through it yourself can be tough, and you need the moral support. Best of luck with it, and stay strong

sambuka41

Al anon would be a good place to go. Or to your mothers GP, if she will go with you that is. If your mother has been drinking for a long time, truth is she is probably aware of how to go about getting help,I see that you say she has tried treatment programs in the past so she knows how and where to go for help its just she may not really want help right now. It needs to come from her at this point.

You need to take care of yourself as a priority.

best of luck

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

You may be able to try the Samaritans as well, they should be able to suggest places where you can get help for you and your mother.

Good luck.

just to note that the Samaritans don't offer information on services, they are just a listening service (and a very good one obviously).

Phuckitt

Hi OP,

Sorry to hear about your mother unfortunately there is not much you can do to help her unless it is her decision to want help. Probably the reason her other efforts failed was because she was doing it for someone else and not for herself.
I agree with sunflower, I think you would be better served going to al-anon so when she does ask for help you can be there for her. The new womens unit of Cuan Mhuire in Cork is highly recommended but to get in SHE must make that call everyday, and I mean everyday!

Ellie2008

Advice needed wrote: »

Hi,

Just looking for some advice please. My mother is an alcoholic. For years she has tried different treatment programmes, AA etc and some have worked for a short period but she inevitably falls off the wagon.
The last few months have been particularly bad and the last week has been awful. She is drinking non-stop and at a point that she just does not care if she lives or dies. She said she wants help but I really do not know where to turn.

Can anyone recommend a good advice or support line that could help?

Hi OP,

Does your mother go for counselling or have any kind of help? If not maybe you could start there. I'm feeling really really sorry for you in must be so frustrating for you. I heard the Rutland Centre is a pretty depressing place but gets results.