Comments:

Wilma - 2007-03-28 01:14:12
And I had a husband who never got to that point. Thankfully, my son, who was an alcoholic at 13, thanks to his dad, did stand up in a meeting one day and say, "Hi, my name is J. and I'm an alcoholic."
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Kelli - 2007-03-28 07:46:56
I love you, Doug.
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bb - 2007-03-28 12:36:13
There is talk that a genetic predisposition towards addiction resides within some folks. I think early in life acceptance was not necessairly a good thing. No way was known to determine who had the addictive genes. Still don't have it. Still a lot of alcoholic teens.
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twilite - 2007-03-28 20:28:39
Hi! I'd been enjoying your blog. Thanks for your candid and honest sharing that sometimes one slips into alcoholism...unknowingly.
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sheila - 2007-03-28 20:46:50
I love you too, Doug. My dad always had his hi-balls even in the asst. lvg home. In STL in my childhood the bucket of beer was the common thing for the guys in the evenings or Sunday afternoons. My brother who did government work all over the world, had trouble with alcohol all his grown life. For some reason I never learned to like the taste of it. I guess cappucinno, quilting and books are my addictions of choice.
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Stephanie - 2007-03-29 17:22:39
Add me to the list of those professing their love for you.
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Wendy, NC - 2007-03-29 21:24:48
Doug, the current thinking (and indications from autopsy studies) is that part of the reason one becomes an alcoholic is because of a difference in the chemical brain "wiring." This is consistent with the hereditary aspects. Not one of the better mutations of our species.
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John Bailey - 2007-03-30 00:01:52
Good on yer, Doug, for facing up, overcoming, and coming through to the present day.
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