THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THOSE AROUND THEM

I CAN SPEAK FROM YEARS OF BEING ONE!
AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

THE WHO, HOW, WHY AND THE EFFECTS TO THOSE THEY THINK DOES NOT EFFECT THEM AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM AT ALL.

I COULD POST ANY AND ALL LINKS HERE!
BUT! I WOULD LIKE TO TELL MY OWN STORY.

IT STARTED WAY BACK!
IN THE MID 1960'S.

MY SISTER MARRIED AN ALCOHOLIC, WIFE BEATER, CONVICT, SPENT MORE TIME AT THE BAR THAN AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.
I WOULD GO THERE DURING THE SUMMER AND MY SISTER WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK CARE OF ME.
AND I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND BUY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW THE BEER.
BOTH HIM AND I WOULD THINK HE WAS SO COOL (BY THE 60'S STANDARDS OF COOL!) HE WOULD GIVE ME A BOTTLE OF BEER AND WE WOULD WATCH TV AND DRINK THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
HE EVEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE!

THEN LATER IN THE 1970'S!
I WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY BEER ON MY OWN!
BECAUSE I LOOKED OLDER THAN I WAS AND IT WAS SO EASY TO BUY IT FROM ANY,DELI STORE OR WHATEVER!!

I WAS EVEN ABLE TO BUY CIGARETTES FOR MY BOTHER-IN-LAW AS WELL!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

THEN WHEN I WAS 17!
I GOT MY FIRST JOB!
AND WENT TO RESTAURANT'S AND ORDER BEER, WINE!
IT WAS THAT EASY.

EVEN MY SO-CALLED FRIEND!
USED ME TO BUT THE HARD STUFF.


IT'S BEEN SAID!
THAT THE LAST PERSON TO KNOW WHO'S AN ALCOHOLIC!
IS THE ALCOHOLIC THEMSELVES.

"ALL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD BUT ME"!

IS WHAT THE ALCOHOLIC THINKS AND SAYS TO HIM/HERSELF!

THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM.
ARE EVEN MUCH WORSE!

THE FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS SUFFER THE MOST!!!!

THE WIFE, KIDS.
EVEN THEY! ARE NOT SURE JUST WHEN AND HOW TO TALK TO THEM.
FOR FEAR OF HOW S/HE WILL RESPOND, REACT WHEN EVEN TALKED OR ASKED SOMETHING.

THERE WAS A BAR NEAR ME.
AND EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY!
THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH CUSTOMERS.

SOME OF THEM WERE OUTSIDE YELLING ON THEIR CELL PHONE TELLING THE WIFE TO "GET THE ELECTRICITY BACK ON"!!!!!!

IT SEEMS! THAT MEN ARE SOMEHOW BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO DRINK UP THEIR TAKE HOME PAY AND LET THE WIFE WORRY ABOUT THE REST!

I WAS LIKE THAT!

I DID NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING!
AS LONG AS I HAD MY BEER!
THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW!

I DID SEEK HELP!

I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY DRINKING PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE OF ME WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING!
AND DRINKING WAS ONE PLACE WHERE I WAS!

THE JOBS THAT I HAD AT THAT TIME!
I HATED THEM!!!!

I WAS A SHIPPER AT THEN THE OLDEST PRINTING CO. IN TOWN.
THEN A WAREHOUSEMAN.
I HEAR THOSE JOBS ARE BASICALLY!
FOR THE MINORITIES.

THE MOST THAT I EVER HAD AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE!
WAS 2 1/2 CASES OF BEER EACH AND EVERY WEEK!
BOUGHT ON THURSDAY!
GONE!!!!
BY THE WEEKEND (IF THERE WAS ANY LEFT BY THEN!).


LATER!
I DID CONTROL IT.
BUT! SLIPPED BACK TO WHERE I WAS BEFORE.

AT THAT TIME I WAS A SECURITY GUARD.
AND THE HOURS I KEPT WERE SO GRUELING!!!
BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO GO ANYWHERE! EVERYWHERE!!!

AND AT THAT TIME I NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP ME SLEEP BY.
AND AGAIN!!!! THERE WAS THE BEER!

NOT W/O HARDSHIP TO THOSE I LOVED EVEN THOUGH!!!!
THEY DID IN A WAY LOVE ME.
BUT! SINCE THAT TIME!

THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE!
I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT HERE!

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY!
THAT! THE REASON WHY I AM WRITING THIS.
IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF SOMEONE DOES READ THIS AND KNOWS SOMEONE WHO IS ONE!
CAN HELP AND POINT TO THIS POST AND SOMEHOW UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY OR YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC.
THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!!!!!!!

I'M GOING TO LET YOU DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!
ARE YOU ONE?????







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