... to give the silent treatment to parent who was pissed all day yesterday.

[victoryinthekitchen]

I don't know what else to do. Don't want rows in the house. They are visiting and spent most of the day in the spare room with a bottle of wine whilst kids and other family members were coming and going. I think it must be awful to feel so bad to need to spend the day turning to booze but I also think if they would just spend some time being around family who care about them it would surely be easier?

Alcohol being a depressant doesn't mean what some think it does; it is a depressant as in the opposite of a stimulant (to the central nervous system), rather than a depressogenic that is the opposite of an antidepressant.

Not everyone wants to engage with children and family members. Might be something that cheers you up but not all.

I'm no alcoholic but sometimes I feel like bloody spending a day in drinking a bottle of wine.

I really don't see what they did wrong to be honest. You didn't want them drinking in front of the kids, so they took off to their room and did so there.

Just don't invite them back next time if you don't like their habits.

And to be honest I'd be more worried about them then planning to give silent treatment.