text: Oh heck no. Been there done that. She is the reason he drinks.  She did a p* poor job at raising him that's all. It shows b/c she's still trying to raise him and doesn't realize ummm he's grown! Its so easy for mother in laws to put the blaime on you and the twisted part is they forget how he was before you got there and forget to warn you. The sad part is she has made your life harder by excusing his drinking. Like he is justified in drinking. I don't care if you ran him up the wall and then the car he choose to handle his problems that way.  Mom needs to get some rest thank her for doing such a good thus far and you can take the baton now. Seek counsel from a counselor or a good bible based church.