His wife has been ill but is on the mend and is cooking her first lunch for the first time in months All could have been well for the daughter who suffers from the illness of alcoholism and it is getting worse. He used to drink too when a ****** but can see the difference between drunkenness and alcoholism. He has confiscated the daughter's car key and can't keep Alcohol at home (he likes a glass of wine in the evening.) She refuses to go to Alcoholic anonymous but has agreed to see a psychologist; she will tell lies and the good shrinker will give her pills and tell her not to drink. When her daughter is sober, she is a sweet, kind person but intoxicated she turns into a devilish being who sometimes try to strike her mother, she never tries to hit him, because of she knows he will hit her knock out without punctuation. All we can do for now is to hope she will understand her problem and hope for the best.