Youth and Alcohol

[cladking]

This is finally a subject I know something about.

Out of all my friends and family only one became addicted. He controls it as well as it can be controlled but, of course, it runs his life.

I had another friend on the periphery of my life who was killed in an accident at age 20 due to drinking.

Another childhood friend died in his early 50's and we suspect it was cirrhosis.

I don't believe any others are the direct result of drinking though a good friind's niece was paralyzed in an alcohol related traffic accident. She wasn't driving.

I've been very lucky and I now know it's just luck and no more.