Is Alcohol Abuse Hereditary?
My grandfather was an alcoholic. Every day at noon, he would mix up his “tea,” which wasn’t tea at all. All his errands had to be run before noon, so he could sit downstairs the rest of the day and drink. Dewar’s and water, or cheap wine and Coke, all afternoon and evening. He was a little scary when he had been drinking; I never knew if he would be in a cheerful and funny mood, or an angry, more dangerous mood. My father was known as quite a party guy before I was born. My younger brother claims to … Continue reading