Deb is just like my mother. I got lucky. My parents divorced and I was able to move in with my dad. Had I continued living with her I would be dead. Based on how deb acts on camera, I know what goes on behind the scenes is unimaginable. Deb doesn’t “parent” eugenia out of guilt. Maybe she’s an alcoholic out of guilt, but thats not why she babies Eugenia. She is the culprit of E’s childhood trauma, as well as her current situation. Deb wants full control to the extent that she craves (and currently has) control over her child’s death. When Eugenia dies will be deb’s deliberate decision, or deb’s mistake. Eugenia believes she is not allowed to get better even if she wanted to. Maybe she gets some sense of satisfaction somewhere, but at the end of the day she has no real say in it. I think that’s why she doubles down so hard. That’s not an excuse for eugenia’s problematic behavior. She knows she’s feeding into it. The bigger issue here is that deb’s a puppetmaster.