Drinking Family
Sep 30, 2019
Pat grew up in a drinking family. Alcohol was always involved at all family social gatherings, and results were less than pleasing. Because of that, Pat vowed as a child to not drink at home, but as an adult he never lived up to his promise. Alcohol has cost him marriages, and has damaged the lives of his children. One...
Sep 29, 2019
Alex grew in a very conservative religious home in the Midwestern U.S., in a family which adhered to strictly traditional gender roles. But even as a young boy, Alex began to realize he was more enamored with men than women; he found himself interested, even if not sexually to his friends’ fathers. As a...
Sep 28, 2019
Lindsey is a compulsive overeater, but he never knew it. Looking back, he can honestly say he’s been a compulsive overeater his whole life. Lindsey remembers, as a child, being sent to the grocery store to fetch food for family brunches and snacking while at the store before coming back home and eating a full meal. By...
Sep 27, 2019
Dave didn’t drink today, and because of that he says “he never had it so good.” He grew up in a steel mill town, with a family of non-alcoholics. He never drank as a child. Dave’s first use of alcohol came when he was away at college, where an athlete friend took him to a bar. He remembers feeling so confident,...
Sep 26, 2019
Dave’s first time abusing substances was at age 17. He tried beer and hated it. His next drink was 151 proof rum, and it liked it much better. From there, Dave would try anything he could touch he believed might get him high, from quaaludes to uppers, to marijuana. But then came cocaine. Much like the alcohol,...