Stay strong op, alcoholics sometimes turn the tables on their loved ones, especially if they don' t want to admit that they have a problem. Get professional help to help you deal with this issue.

Remember acceptance in the first step to a better life.

Yeah that's how it goes until they decide to get help on there own them not much you can do except encourage them

was he drunk?

as a recovering addict myself all i have to say is that no matter what you do or say, an addict will continue to use until they decide they've had enough oain and want to change. stay strong man but please don't hold this over your dad if ever gets better, he's a completely different person when he's using, trust me

I'm so sorry, OP. My dad was the same way. He turned everything around on us and it was always our fault that he drank and got abusive. I'm not sure people like them can change unless they really want to.

Drunk logic is always reasonable.

Clearly your overuse of water is what drove him to Alcohol!! FHL, hope you can manage to get him help.

Great recommendations on al-anon and al-ateen. Go and help yourself. Not sure how you did your intervention, but it is important to have a professional help you with that. If you didn't, seek an addiction counselor to help you with another. An intervention is impossible without an impartial mediator involved. Your family is far to emotionally invested to handle it yourselves. For interventions to work, you have to have a clear path. "Either you go get help or we walk out of your life forever". Anything less will not work, because you will still be enabling the behavior. I wish you luck, it won't be easy. Alcohol is sinister and cunning. I know because I lived in a bottle for over three decades.

OP's dad has some really good life skills for middle management.