southcitymom
Well-Known Member
I can't even imagine a raging alcoholic sitting alone in the house swilling down 10 shots of vodka in under an hour, much less a woman driving a car with 5 children in tow, stopping for breakfast, shopping for pain meds, filling up the car, making and taking cell phone calls and smoking a joint. It simply does not make any sense that she inadvertently drank too much, that the alcohol hit her differently that day, etc. I agree with you that something else was going on with her.
Addiction doesn't make sense to non-addicts, because addiction is soundly based in insanity and selfishness.
However, when I was using and parenting, there were a number of times when I inadvertantly used too much while caring for my kids (to include driving them wherever they needed to go) as well as times that the substance I used hit me differently on a given day, so I understand how that could happen to her. It has happened to me and a number of other addicts.