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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I have the utmost sympathy for you. My SIL is an alcoholic and currently lives with my MIL in our in-law apartment. Ignore those crazy, self righteous posters who don't know anything about addiction works. It is incredibly painful to have a front row seat to a loved one's self destruction, and my heart breaks for my MIL, who knows her daughter is in deep trouble but can't bear to let her drown. My 40-year-old SIL can't hold a job, no longer has a car, and sleeps off her hangover all day before downing a few bottles of cheap wine. We pay the bill at the restaurant but hold the line where it really matters; no babysitting, no loans, and no alcohol. We lock up our booze and hide the wine.

We dread what happens when MIL passes away and it becomes obvious that we have to kick her out so we don't end up enabling and supporting her until she kills herself. In our case, everyone acknowledges that she has a drinking problem (they have a long family history of alcoholism), but SIL refuses to get help. As long as she is living in MIL's space and on her dime, we can't do much.[/quote]

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