Hi, I'm Georgina and i'm 15, almost 16 and my GCSE's are coming up in the summer. Not only the stress of coursework and homework, my sister who i'm really really close to has just gone to university, so I feel more alone than ever. And recently, my mum's alcohol consumption has become way too much of a problem. It's always been an issue, but recently, it's any excuse to go to the pub and to go out to 'friends houses' to drink, and she comes in at early hours in the morning too drunk to walk. It's humiliating. And the fact is, I don't see her anymore, because whenever she is home I try to talk to her about it, but she says 'I don't need this anymore' and goes out. She knows she can't drink at home because me and my dad hate her drinking, so she chooses to do it elsewhere, which unfortunately means i never see her properly anymore. Because she's unemployed, I will sometimes come home from school to her drunk, and then i get angry and she will leave, stumbling down the road humilating me in front of my friends. I've tried everything to get through to her, letters, arguments.. you name it, i've done it. But she doesn't realise she has a problem. i know she does because if she doesn't have a drink for one day she'll get the sweats and the shakes but she won't admit it's a problem. it leaves me crying myself to sleep on many occasions, and many a sleepless nights, much like tonight has been because it's now 00.31 and i'm writing to you because i can't sleep with worry. HELP!
