Alcoholism

Does anyone have any experience with this?

I highly suspect my partners mother is a problem drinker. We only see them every few months for a few days because of distance. But both her and her husband drink a lot. She talks about alcohol a lot, especially the places she like to drink at... but they mainly drink at home.

I’ve brought my attention to it to my partner but he’s quite defensive, naturally. It’s hard for family to see what’s right in front of them.

Due to COVID we’ve probably not seen them in 4 months. We had a socially distanced outing today and she unfortunately looked like she’d lost an unhealthy amount of weight. She was already quite slim before, but she now doesn’t look healthy. My partner agrees with me. I’m not sure if this is something completely separate, or maybe a side effect of her drinking getting worse.

Her skin tone was also a bit off.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience in spotting the warning signs.