My dad is an alcoholic, he has been in & out of the hospital for the last couple of years. The last time he was in the hospital, he was there for a month. They were going to give custody to the state so they could put him in a home. He has been divorced twice, he has threatened to kill himself several times. Childhood memories consist of him fighting with my mother, him passing out on the couch with Pink Floyd blaring @ all hours of the night. Beating one of his girlfriends in front of me. He has told my oldest brother that he wasn't his son. He hasn't had a job in the last two months, he drinks vodka straight & claims it's water & that he isn't drunk.. He got kicked out of his apartment...he is so weak now he can barely walk or speak. My dad is only 51 & I don't expect him to be around to walk me down the isle in two years.
I'm so sorry. It must be really hard for you. I dont think that you can MAKE anyone get help. It doesnt sound like he really wants to improve himself, does he? If he does, there is a really good website he can go to that i've found. It's chat. But he has to have the desire to stop drinking, which it doesnt sound like he does? Let me know if you want the address of that site! There are probly good support groups around for the family of alcoholics if you search that.
he doesn't want help, he is so far gone now that he thinks he doesn't have a problem.
I think you should look up support groups for the family of alcoholics. I guess you have to just accept the fact about your dad for now anyways, and seek help for yourself. It has to be SO hard on you.
