Once you're known to be an alcoholic, that's how many people identify you, which could be a reason not to talk about it.
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People come up to me and talk about the alcoholism in their family.
I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.
I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.
Yeah, I admit to myself, yeah, I'm an alcoholic.
Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.
But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.
Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.
It's not cool to be an alcoholic.
I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
What can I say, I'm an alcoholic. It's what I do.
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