<human>: I am not an alcoholic myself, more so, I think my mother is. Okay, a bit of background, she is in her mid 50s, primary school teacher, single parent (for my entire life, so 17 years), never married, we are quite tight on money at the moment and has lost both of her parents already (one at an early age and one two years ago, important for later). I have never really noticed her tendency to drink until last year when I caught her drinking wine out of her cup-which should of had tea-at around 7 in the morning before school one day. The reason why this was so shocking was because she had turned the kettle on to deceive me-which leads me to believe she knows it is bad. Every single night, without fail, she will drink one box of wine which is about 20 standard drinks and will start drinking as soon as she gets home and will drink no matter what she is doing i.e. yardwork, schoolwork or watching tele. I know drinking isn't bad, and I know that it usually isn't a problem... Until it can start affecting her health which I believe it possibly can, as 20 drinks a night seems excessive. Usually, she is drunk by 8-9 o'clock at night and becomes extremely emotional and can also suffer memory loss of what she has done that night in the morning i.e. conversations we've had. She has only started drinking this much per night since we lost her father, my grandfather. I just want to know, reddit, does she have a problem with alcohol? I have no one to turn to as I am an only child too, and I don't want to get family involved either as they are quite judgmental and I believe will only make matters worse or do something extreme which she doesn't need. What can I do, or who can I talk to (I'm in Australia, if that helps)?

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<bot>: I suspect mother to be alcoholic, 20 standard drinks (box of wine) every night, no one to turn to. Please help...