Hi.I'm Eleanor, and I'm 13. Thanks for taking the time to read this if you're there. I'm here because I don't know my mum anymore. She started drinking when my little brother (now aged 11, going on 12) was born because she has depression and alcohol is her coping mechanism. She knows that she has 'her little problem', and she tried to change because i was 'making a fuss', but only because she's killing herself. but she never sticks to anything: diets, promises, appointments... the only solid thing in her life is alcohol. There's sometimes stuff help me cope with her problem and I have spoken to my dad. thing is my mum doesn't listen to my dad because she thinks he is always really controllling and drinking is 'yet another aspect of her life' that he is trying to control. But at least I have someone to confide in. my brother's clueless. the only time he was ever close to guessing was when she was giggling madly and he asked her is she'd had a little bit too much to drink. she got so cross because she thought that everyone was out to get her. mum and dad are always arguing, i practically live in my room, and my brother is oblivious. some life.
