Dealing with a parent with an alcoholism?

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Has anyone ever had to deal with a parent that suffered from alcoholism? I'm feeling at such a loss right now when it comes to my Dad. He has always had a drinking problem, dating back to when I was a little girl. I'm 20 now and things have just gotten worse. Granted he doesn't stumble in drunk, which he loves to use as an excuse, but he drinks enough that is changes him. He already has an anger problem and drinking always puts him in a bad/weird mood. And he drinks a significant amount at least 5 times a week after work. Its tearing my family apart. My Dad has made so many promises to stop and whenever I find out he didn't it just hurts me even more. Like right now, he is supposed to be taking this pills to help him stop. And its just one excuse after the other. My Mom has caught him pretending to take his pill, only to find it in his pants pocket later that night. He's even hidden the pills from us. I'm just so tired of him hiding it and lying all the time. And he ALWAYS plays the victim. I know thats normal for alcoholics, along with them lying, but I honestly am hating him more and more because of how he acts. He keeps saying he doesn't want to change and that everyone drinks and its not hurting anyone. But it is. I've been scared of him on so many occasions because he lost his temper due to drinking and it just hurts dealing with his lies and never really knowing when he's sober or not. There have been so many times I have confronted him and told him I could smell alcohol on him and he would jsut look me right in the eyes and say I'm wrong and he hasn't had anything. Has anyone dealt with this before with their parents. I'm just looking for similiar stories I can relate too.