Quote From: bluhrigSomeone I know who would drink to be drunk frequently fell down the stairs one time too many and ended up in a wheel chair with 24 hour help. He died after only 3 years. Luckily, they had resources but his wife was left exhausted and without a husband in her 50's.
i too knew of a similar incident. where the husband would always drink to get drunk and then abuse his kids, the wife would try and stop it, the husband would turn on the wife too. now that the husband/abuser is dead the widow/wife has tried to make a decent living for herself and son. so what happened! a nosy trouble making town reported her to the child protective services. was there neglect? no! there was health issuses on the child. and to top things off the child would not listen or mind the parent. think about some of the attitudes that the children do to their parent or parents before someone judges the parents. there is two sides to the story!