I hate to see people's families heartbroken because of addiction. If were you, I would look up and call some local help lines, and they can help you toward to road for recovery for your poor mom. It's different for everyone, but first she needs to know that she has a real problem that hurts all of you, and then she needs to get help for it.
If you can get her into rehab, it is a medical issue, not a legal one. You can help her and even save her life. It takes time, but I hope you can work things out and get her back on track.
Tell her to start yoga . Its a best and effective method for every problem.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.