The phrase "alcoholic mother" means that a person's mother has a problem with alcohol. She drinks alcohol frequently or excessively, which can have negative effects on her health, behavior, and relationships.
Sam Rockwell is on great form (in an albeit not completely unfamiliar role) as a sarcastic motor mouth, Anna Sophia Robb brings the sweetness as Duncan's crush, Susanna, while Allison Janney is a great mixture of funny and tragic as Susanna's more or less alcoholic mother. (thehollywoodnews.com)
Miral is born in 1973 and her unreliable, alcoholic mother dies a few years later. (dvdizzy.com)
And for now, she still lives at home in a dead - end corner of New Jersey with her cynical, emphysema - ridden Nana (a scene - stealing Cathy Moriarty) and bitter, alcoholic mother Barb (powerhouse comedian and cabaret star Bridget Everett, «Fun Mom Dinner»). (thewrap.com)