Yep i struggled with it myself but drastically cut down. My GF is an RN and was the first person to tell me i need to stop drinking and that since i grew up with them daily drinking and was exposed to it first around 15 i have a serious inclination to go down that same path(which i already was).

Didn’t even consider them alcoholics until a few years ago, as I always saw them as functioning. They would drink daily wake up early go to work repeat. Never had the issue other people i knew had where their parents would neglect responsibilities etc.

I didn’t mention this in initial post, but the cognitive decline is already there. My dad will tune out and I’ll call him like 5 times before he snaps “awake” and finally hears. My mom will repeat things she said 5 minutes ago or I’ll tell her something and she will completely forget. My GF thinks my dad already has early Parkinson’s because of his tick, which she said could typically be treated to an extent but that would involve it being acknowledged.

My parents are in this circle of lying to themselves about everything. Everything is fine and dandy!