JMM - If your FIL already talked to her doctor, I hope the hospital knows about it - if they couldn't do a lot of medical stuff because of the alcohol she has taken in, I would expect and hope they would jump on that problem right away.

If you talk to your FIL, maybe he can ask the doctor if he is in touch with the hospital?

She is in the perfect place to be safely detoxed - and most hospitals have addiction counsellors and an AA meeting or two.

GOOD FOR YOU for standing up to BIL! Idiot - the linens are rotted, fridge and washing machine don't work...SHEESH. Send BIL an invoice!

Prayers and hugs.

WOM - I'll come with you and stand by with a big baseball bat.

Or portable liposuction - you hold 'em down, I'll do the work! (I AM BAD)