A dilemma of Nana Wrangling
Jan. 14th, 2008 12:49 amAs has been said, one of the major sources of stress in my (and the family’s) life at the moment is my elderly grandmother’s descent into the extra craziness. Alright, she’s never been especially sane, even as a young woman, but age has eroded her sanity down year by year until she has become the extremely irrational and difficult person she is today. So, anything to help in this avenue helps a lot of the family.
Now here’s the issue du jour she has raised:
Nana drinks. She always has. It’s always been part of the culture of the community she is/was a party of. Everyone drank and everyone drank spirits (whiskey and brandy). her mother drank, her father drank etc etc etc. Drinking is the norm. Regular drinking is the norm and we never really concerned ourselves.
However, it has come to our attention that her regular drinking involves several people shopping for her and that she has emptied a full bottle of brandy and one of whiskey in 10 days. Needles to say this is rather a copious amount for a 4’ 10” little old lady to be consuming. How much of the craziness is actually drunkenness and how much is the high alcohol consumption contributing to her mental decline? It's being wrangled back and forth since Christmas and frankly I'm getting ready to suppoprt anything if we can just move on from it
So here is the dilemma and options proposed by the family:
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Now here’s the issue du jour she has raised:
Nana drinks. She always has. It’s always been part of the culture of the community she is/was a party of. Everyone drank and everyone drank spirits (whiskey and brandy). her mother drank, her father drank etc etc etc. Drinking is the norm. Regular drinking is the norm and we never really concerned ourselves.
However, it has come to our attention that her regular drinking involves several people shopping for her and that she has emptied a full bottle of brandy and one of whiskey in 10 days. Needles to say this is rather a copious amount for a 4’ 10” little old lady to be consuming. How much of the craziness is actually drunkenness and how much is the high alcohol consumption contributing to her mental decline? It's being wrangled back and forth since Christmas and frankly I'm getting ready to suppoprt anything if we can just move on from it
So here is the dilemma and options proposed by the family:
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