I love a nice drink now and again during holidays or at special gatherings. I love an ice cold beer on a scorcher of a summer's day. But I am not a regular drinker. And to be honest, I get quite sleepy if I have just two drinks of any variety. I find that to be a genetic gift. I did not inherit the desire to drink daily or often as my father and his father did.
It is not news that Alcoholism is a disease. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alcoholism/basics/definition/con-20020866
This essay is about my father. It does not reveal all of those moments when alcohol took center stage, and it does not serve to preach change. It is a sharing, as are the poems I have posted about my father at my webpage: Family First; Veterans to Factories: 1946 to name two.
In the end, I never judged my father, but instead reviewed his life, and came to understand the complexities of his life's experiences. I understood why he drank, but not until I was an adult, too. There were few to no tools available for children or families when I was growing up. That is not the case today whether one is dealing with alcohol or other drugs.
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It is not news that Alcoholism is a disease. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alcoholism/basics/definition/con-20020866
This essay is about my father. It does not reveal all of those moments when alcohol took center stage, and it does not serve to preach change. It is a sharing, as are the poems I have posted about my father at my webpage: Family First; Veterans to Factories: 1946 to name two.
In the end, I never judged my father, but instead reviewed his life, and came to understand the complexities of his life's experiences. I understood why he drank, but not until I was an adult, too. There were few to no tools available for children or families when I was growing up. That is not the case today whether one is dealing with alcohol or other drugs.
Please feel free to LIKE on the FACEBOOK icon after the essay or any of the stories presented at my webpage.
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