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Hello Kelly: Thank you for bringing your concern here to PC. I see this is your first post. So... welcome to Psych Central. Two additional forums, here on PC, that may be of interest to you would be the Relationships & Communication forum & the Healthy Parenting forum. Here are links to these forums just in case you haven't already found them:

https://psychcentralforums.com/relat...communication/

https://psychcentralforums.com/healthy-parenting/

I'm sorry you find yourself in the midst of this difficult dilemma. I don't know as there is a lot I can say about it other than to say that, at least from my perspective, what you're doing sounds perfectly reasonable. To me, your first responsibility is to your children. And if other members of your extended family can't understand that & support you in your position then I, at least, would feel it is they who should suffer the consequences to whatever extent there are any. Still... I do understand how difficult this must be for you.

Here are links to 10 articles from Psych Central's archives. The first 4 discuss the effects of growing up with an alcoholic parent. The remaining 6 are on the subject of personal boundaries:

You Don't Outgrow the Effects of an Alcoholic Parent | Happily Imperfect

You Don't Get a Childhood When You Grow Up in an Alcoholic Family | Happily Imperfect

Adult Children of Alcoholics and the Need to Feel In Control | Happily Imperfect

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/imper...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-imp...al-boundaries/

https://psychcentral.com/lib/what-ar...do-i-get-some/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/when-p...ur-boundaries/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/imper...ur-boundaries/

https://psychcentral.com/lib/tips-on...relationships/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/sex-a...dos-and-donts/

I hope you find PC to be of benefit.

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