Mental Health and Taboo topics in OUR community

[ladygreek]

I had an Aunt who never admited she was an alcoholic because she only drank on weekends and was sober during the week. But as soon as she left work on Friday her first stop was the liquor store and she would be in a stupor all weekend. She ended up dying of cirrhosis of the liver. She was a funny drunk and I remember as a young kid me my cousins and me urging her on because she was so much fun when she was drunk. It was not until I went to Al-Anon that I found out that you can be a "weekend" alcoholic, or a non-hard liquor alcoholic (a lot of people say I only drink beer or wine so I am not an alcoholic.) I wish I had known that earlier and had not been one of my Aunt's co-dependents.