Alcohol In Families

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Alcohol does not play a big role in my family as far as drinking. I have on family member who has had serious problems with alcohol. I can truly say throughout the 1990’s my sister was an alcoholic. As an alcoholic she totally disrupted our everyday life and cause harmful effects that my family pays for to this day. She started drinking at 25 years old as asocial drinker but she started to lose control when her close relationship with her longtime boyfriend ended. Her drinking began to increase. My family tried to help her but it was too late, she was in her mid-30’s and she was the oldest out of (4) boys and (1) girl. Also, she was the mother of two boys. Her alcoholism had an effect on her children. Both boys had problems going through school

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