As the title says really. My mum died 2 weeks ago aged 68, quite unexpectedly. She had been a heavy drinker for years and it really damaged our relationship, I moved out at 15 and remember much of my childhood begging and pleading with her.
I'm 23 now and hadn't seen as much of her in the last couple of years, (due to COVID and our awkward/damaged relationship). For the last few months she was seeming quite unwell but we couldn't quite figure out what was wrong. She would never go to doctors and like most alcoholics was a very good liar. She also had COPD so we put a lot of her symptoms down to this. When she died she was awfully thin, malnourished, had bruises all over her and would get these spells of serious confusion. She drank until the end and was found dead at home on her living room floor with no obvious cause.
Post-mortem revealed mild pneumonia and cirrhosis of the liver (although still waiting for further toxicology). After reading the symptoms of liver failure it all makes sense now. When we went through her things we found loads of diaries of her tracking her drink free days and revealing the depths of her battle with alcohol. Her funeral is on Monday and I'm heartbroken tbh.
Not sure if anyone on here has been through anything similar, but tonight I'm feeling particularly low. What a waste of what could have been a beautiful life.