Mom with bipolar disorder

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I mom makes me crazy! When I was young I use to think she was just plain mean! She would say hateful things and lie about everything to the point she just didn't know what was true or not. She will do something just aweful and this not even remember it! So she ruins your life and then expects you to just forget it and blames it on her disorder. Just because she doesn't remember the abuse doesn't mean it didn't happen! Now at 24 I just can't take it. I have a baby and I really don't want him to be around her. My family wants to just go on acting like everything is ok and that she isn't crazy. She also has been addicted to Rx meds for years. (Main reason why she can't remember most things). She ruined my wedding and was "high" on sleeping pills the day my son was born and expected me to just hand over my new baby to her. She tells me that I can't keep holding the past against her but it's not just the past....it's never ending! I have been married for 5 years now and tired to work things out and tell myself to just forget and move on. Now, I am just done with it..or atleast I want to be. If I stop seeing her altogether then I can't see the rest of my family (who I love and enjoy) on holidays and stuff. I don't want them to stop seeing her...thats not fair for them. Does anyone have to deal with someone who has bipolar disorder or addicted to pain and sleeping pills?