It's true, my mum's amazing for sticking by him through thick and thin. She works as a care worker, so she has had experience in taking care of people with Parkinsons before, and kind of knows how to deal with the various side effects he gets. Mostly with humour, more than anything else.

I don't think it's so much that he can't drink, it's more the side effects aren't worth it. The drugs used to treat Parkinsons can cause paranoia and while I can't think of the exact term for it, it can cause people to develop addictions.

My old man is a fairly straight laced, honest kind of person. I don't think he'd want to ever risk developing something like that.
(Aruu does not put all her trust in root vegetables., Tue 1 Mar 2011, 21:43, Reply)