Half my kinsfolk are functioning alcoholics.

My dead mom was drunk all my life well over 55 yrs. Growing up as the eldest I had to find legal age relatives, strangers and anyone,  I gave them the money and we bailed her out of jails, whorehouses, hospitals and strangers homes. She was arrested for murder so … Read more

Just alcohol? My mom thinks my grandparents were, but I never saw them drink while they were alive. I was young though. I know my father's mother was, but I never met her (had a bit to do with why).

Addiction runs in my family, however. My sister has abused just about everything she can … Read more