Quote: 1) Remove myself from the situation, say I need a time out.
this is probably the best thing to do. I lived with an alchoholic mother til I got married, only thing to do was just leave her to herself or if she had finally fallen asleep (passed out?) on the couch wake her and get her to bed (gee who's the mom?) now I (and my brothers) just don't call her house after a certain hour. there is also another possible way to go about it...think of when you and your girlfriends would drink and one would have a little too much how would you treat her??? try to treat mom the same way.
