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Question by Jebediah S: Where can I find help for an intervention and alcoholism rehab when there is no money or health insurance?
My mother is an alcoholic and has been for as long as I’ve been alive, probably much longer. It has only been getting worse. I am now 20. She has lost her job, been on unemployment for almost a year and is about to run out of benefits.
She got evicted from her home, moved in with her ex boyfriend who was (and still is) very abusive and also unemployed. They are now getting evicted from their trailer.
She has nowhere to go but cross country with her parents. She drinks anywhere from 15-30 beers a day, whole bottles of wine from time to time, and is becoming dependent on sleeping pills.
She refuses help and refuses to see a doctor, even though she will sometimes vomit blood. She now wakes up in the morning with the shakes, and is starting to see that drinking is a problem, but will refuse any help.
I need some sort of resources. I live in the Dallas, Tx area. I have nobody to talk to about this and don’t know what there is to do. No insurance, no money. She will not go on her own, an intervention may be necessary. If there is any way for me to sign her in, I will do it. She NEEDS help, and I need help dealing with this. I can’t keep watching my mother die, it is putting too much pressure on me. It is tearing me apart.
She is a wonderful, beautiful, caring person and I would not be where I am if it was not for her. There is nobody else she talks to or relies on but me. I am her only friend.
Please tell me what I can do.    Read more...