<human>: I'm a 42 single woman, who has been dealing with my mother's negativity and low grade depression almost my whole life.  My parents got divorced almost 30 years ago, but my mother never re-built her life.  She never had a lot of friends to begin with, but as she's gotten older they've become few and far between.  I'm the youngest of three kids - I have two older brothers who are totally absent and won't address my mother's isolation and depression - we are all single and affected by not only my mother's depression but an emotionally abusive alcoholic father when we were growing up.  

It's incredibly painful to witness all of my mother's bad habits growing and defining who she is.  She was once a real beauty with interests in books and traveling, and now is an old chain smoking woman who mindlessly watches TV and self medicates herself with wine and vodka.  I've been living in Asia for the past few years, have studied Buddhism, and understand now that I have to accept her with love - I cannot change her.  But at the same time I have a friend who is a monk who tells me I have to do everything to help her.  

But sometimes I don't even think she likes me - when I try and so things with loving kindness she is proud and vicious with me.  And even when I do something as small as getting her to take a walk to get her out of the house, it's so difficult to even have small talk with her - she's defensive about everything.  She has no joy in her.  But it's taking it's toll on me - making me depressed and lethargic, questioning my ability to have a happy family.  Her father died 8 months ago and since then her two sisters, who were basically her only friends, "dropped her".  I guess they had their issues with her and were fed up.  Anyway, I love her and don't want to see her live the rest of her life like this.

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<bot>: My mom watches TV all day, smokes and drinks and has no life.  It affects me greatly and I don't know what to do.