Topic : 08/29 Moms Gone Wild

Dr. Phil, You need to remember that alcoholism is a disease. Granted that  she needs some serious help! Thank God that her son has a grandparent and aunt that adores him. I am an alcoholic who has been sober for 6 years (drank since I was 9 and I'm 35 now). My son is 10. My Mom is an alcoholic as well. My whole life has changed and it had nothing to do with my Mother. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired! Reality is that when I was drinking, the last thing I was thinking about was my son. But for the Grace of God there went I. I got my head out of my ass and have been sober for awhile. I even had went to jail and it did not stop me from drinking. I did not have a choice to go to treatment. Could not afford it nor would it have done me any good because I was not ready. The only thing that has ever saved my life was AA. Because I chose to go there. I'm still not sure what the trigger was, but thank God it was there. I thought I was going to die drinking 16-20 beers a day. I"m only 5'3 and 134 lbs. That was a lot for me. Gratefully my son was never taken away from me and we have bonded tremendously since I have been clean. I guess it kinda bothers me that you would have an attitude about her stupid behavior because of her drinking. I understand that her child has suffered greatly, however, a disease is a disease. Consequences like her son being taken away probably should have happened. No enabling from Mom would have been nice. People are not going to see "IT" until they are ready. To get upset with her is strange to me. You wouldn't be upset with a person who had cancer, would you?

Why is everyone talking about the plastic surgery? yes, she could've and should've spent the money on her childernm but what about the lady driving drunk? maybe it just hits me harder because my family just lost two family friends because of a drunk driver. on new year's at 3:00 AM, they were driving home from a performance (Daniela was a flamenco/belly dancer and her husband, Pedro played the violin for her) and a drunk driver entered the westpark tollway (in Houston) the wrong way and ran into them. Their car flipped over and they were killed because of that. I can't go on the tollway without breaking down. It hurts so badly because had the man NOT been 3 times over the legal limit, Dani and Pedro would still be here, their family and friends wouldn't be suffering with the loss of such AMAZING, promising young people. Dani was only 22 and Pedro was 27. They'd only been married a year and a half. They had their whole lives ahead of them, and it sickens me to know their lives were stolen from them because of an idiot who decided he could drive drunk.

She was my dance teacher, my friend. He was the quiet, soft spoken violinst. He played SO beautifully, and I hate knowing that I'll never see him play again, and I'll never see her dance again.

Their familes didn't deserve this, they didn't deserve this. I can't even begin to imagine how much their familes are hurting. We're still doing our recital and at rehearsals, I've seen her mom break down and cry, I've come close to crying, my mom has... it's put this depressed mood over our studio. It's also brought us all closer together, though.

RIP DANI Y PEDRO OLIVARES