My mother is still battling alcoholism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am a recovering alcoholic.
I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.
I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver.
I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.
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.
I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home.
My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.
My mother's father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her.
My dad was a violent alcoholic. Really aggressive.