I realise that unless you have been in a bad place, it is difficult to understand why people in the bad places don't do something that seems obvious to you.

I did have an addiction... i did walk very close to this woman's footprints... 

but when I had kids I made changes... it is my duty to do what is right because I was the adult... 

What I don't understand is why people don't make the right choices..... but then again she probably did make the right choice in abandoning her children if she is an alcoholic.