Im so stupid I never thought mine was an alkie till the Brouha. Then everybody said he was so I started looking into it. I just thought he was naturally a jerk. LOL. I always thought alkies drank everyday and barfed on themselves and stole the rent money. Mine stayed out late but he usually came home when the bars closed. Never did any two or three day trippers.
His father was an alkie and he refused to have anything to do with him. He was so adamant about it that it never occured to either of us that he was one too.
Been educating myself. It seems some people have "addictive personalities" and its hereditary. That means if someone else in your family was an alkie then the gene could be passed to you. That doesnt mean you automatically become one but once you start to drink your body becomes addicted. Itseems that addictive people are addicted to anything that makes them "high". Cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, gambling, speeding, danger, etc.
Anybody else heard of this?