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My mother is addicted to World of Warcraft. As a gamer myself, I fully expect some snide comments about “hurhur don’t blame the medium, vidgamez r not wats wrong w/ ur mom”.. But I’m hoping for at least one or two rational people out there to hear me out.

I used to play, and I got my mom into it back when the game was brand new. I’ve since quit because I have real life obligations that just aren’t conducive to continuing any hardcore gaming on such an in depth MMO, and she’s continued playing – that’s totally fine. The problem is that she ignores everyone of my family when she’s playing, which is almost ALL the time that she’s awake. She doesn’t have a job, and she doesn’t even pay attention to my sibling who has cancer and is six years old. She’s even cheated on my dad with someone half her age that she met on it, and they had NO relationship problems before she started playing! She says they don’t communicate now but it’s HER fault because all she does is play!

Her only friends are on WoW so they continuously validate her playing as much as she does, and on the rare occasion she tries to log off for RL, they berate her with “Nooo stayyyy”. And so she does.

I’ve tried talking to her about it, but she grows defensive and we fight. I’ve tried talking to my dad about it, and he understands but has the same problem. Nobody knows what to do to fix the problem and I’m really worried and at my wit’s end. It seems impossible to help someone who genuinely doesn’t seem to WANT help, but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I forgot to mention that I don’t live with my mother anymore. Subsequently, she has said and threatened with a few things that make me worried that if I push TOO hard, she’ll make it impossible for me to reach anyone else in my immediate family. They only use her cell phone for contact besides the internet, and the idea of not being able to speak with my little bro, especially when he’s sick like this, kills me.

This is also why I can’t bring myself to tell my dad about what she did with that guy she met, even though I feel guilty and horrible that I haven’t. =/

I have a friend that is meth addict. She has two small children, ages 9 months and 4 years old. Both children have separate fathers who are not in their lives and have no plans to ever be. She has a “friend” that lives across the country 2500 miles away and provides her full access to his bank account with a salary of $60,000 a year. He visits once a year for a few days. She lives in a luxurious house which costs $1500 a month, attends school, leaves the kids with sitters 12 hours a day, and does not work. The 4-year-old is attending a preschool program in which they are noticing odd behaviors and seizures (side effects from whatever medications he is on) and they want social services to visit the home for an “inspection”. She is attempting to legally refuse the inspection and their other requests for mandated medical attention. When she goes on a binge, she’ll have family babysit for 24-48 hour periods. When she crashes and needs sleep, but the kids are up, she’ll give them sedatives to incapacitate them or put them to sleep for 16 hours each time every few days. All of her friends are dealers and/ or addicts who generally exchange meth for sex. The “friend” providing her the funds is attempting to gain custody of the children because he was named a godfather, has gotten sober through the 12-step program, and is aware of her downward spiraling addiction. I have not alerted authorities because I have come to a point in my life where I have to accept that this is probably common and when she hits the bottom, it will be done without me getting involved in her affairs; at which point, I hope the children will no longer be harmed. My question is: Why would this man give this woman access to all of his money and a luxurious lifestyle when he knows she is harming her own children, continually argues with him & bosses him around, and is legally going to resist his attempts to help the children?
Thank you for the replies. Although I didn’t want to get involved, I alerted the child abuse investigators at our local police station.

My husband is the biological father of one of her two kids…they had recently been taken by child protective services and placed in the care of the mothers boyfriends parents..we were told since there is not a custody order between my husband and her that he can go take his child..she really did alot wrong to his son and we want to get full physical custody of him.. child services have already been in our home and they loved it…they also seen that we have a daughter that is very well taken care of..i think these are all things that could help us in a court case..right? do you think a father could win sole custody in this case? also we recently got married and dont really have the extra funds for a lawyer at the moment we live in PA does anyone know any cheap or pro bono lawyers concerning child custody cases?
the child is three years old

My uncle was a drug addict and now he’s add it again. I don’t know what to tell my other ’cause what ever i say gets her really mad. (She’s known for dealing with anger on other people) what do i do? And even if i stay quiet or not even talk about it she brings it up like she expects me to do something.

plesae help me this is a serious post.
my mother is a 38 year old house wife she has five kids i am the oldes one and i am leaving in 2 months to the marine corps. i dont want to leave my little brothers and sister in this broken home. My family looks perfect from the outside nice house nice cars but the inside of my house is ruined its filthy dirty theres trash everywhere my family is in horrible debt my mom pretty much just sits around now that all of us kids are older and my dad works 16 hours a day 6 days a week. all my mom does is yells at my dad he tied to manage her pain killer intake but when he doesnt give them to her she threatens him with divorce. shes always angry shes exremyly bipolar ive had to call the medics 3 times to come pick her up cause she starts convulsing. SHE denies denies that she has a problem. i tried to confront her but she threatend to kick me out of the house. she doctor hops and buys the pills online. PLease please if god could please send me something i dont know what to do. My family is broken in debt and miserable shes not the same old mother anymore and im scared she will hurt one of my sicbling or herself. and at the rate she intakes the meds im scared she will kill herself. but on days when she has no medication she just lays in bed please help me ill do anyhting to fix my family… the reaon i signed up for the marine corps wwas to get out of this but now i relize if i dont do something for my little brothers and sister no one will. please help me. please

I know some of you could care less, but for the sneaker addicts, I could really use your assistance. I would like to get a pair for myself, but I can not find them anywhere.

My mom is addicted to Ajax, a bathroom cleanser, and she has been doing it for years. I mean, she literally craves it. I am afraid for her life, does anyone know some long term effects that can happen to her if she doesn’t stop? And will she die? is there any way to stop this addiction?
My mom is addicted to Ajax, a bathroom cleanser, and she has been doing it for years. I mean, she literally craves it. I am afraid for her life, does anyone know some long term effects that can happen to her if she doesn’t stop? And will she die? is there any way to stop this addiction? My mom is not pregnant.
My mom eats it. Literally, puts it in her mouth.