She has been diagnosed for extreme depression and anxiety. She sleeps a lot never gets out of bed, only to get beer or eat which she rarely does eat. She has a really bad drinking problem. She wants no help we have tried....she says she likes her life. She has no life, her life is watching tv from morning till night. The tv in her room is never turned off she keep it on 24 hours a day 7 days a week. She does not go out. It's really bad.
Sometimes, having a reason not to drink helps. When their mind is happily occupied with something they enjoy, they don’t need the alcohol to make them feel better. It’s not that important anymore. But again, an alcoholic needs to want to find something like that.
If she purchases her own beer, there isn’t much you can do. If you or anyone else is buying it for her, of course you need to stop. But, she will need medical intervention because stoping drinking “cold turkey” can be dangerous. She actually needs to go to an addiction rehab facility. But, once again, of she doesn’t want help, not much you can do. What concerns me is that if she drives, she may be going out to buy more alcohol and driving drunk.
Im so sorry you’re dealing with this. It really is a problem that needs professional intervention. It’s difficult to watch someone destroy themselves, it unless they want help, not much you can do.
On the other hand, at her age of 70 something, it seems like this is how she wants to spend the rest of her life. She has the right to do it. You may have to wait until she gets so sick that she ends up in the hospital, then perhaps the hospital can help wean her off the booze, and give her something for her depression.