My cousin, the deceased ex-husband of the woman who drank herself to death (and father to the 2 adult children) was a US Marshall who was shot and killed in the line of duty while serving an arrest warrant on a known criminal with substance abuse issues. This made national news in 2011. Then, the now dead, alcoholic mother was living with a man who assaulted both underage children as a result of the insanity of drugs and alcohol. This drama and chaos just fueled even more drama, chaos and psychobabble BS all around. People use drugs and alcohol because they want to use. Period. These people are toxic. The cold hard facts. I am literally afraid of the alcoholic/addicts in my family for good reason. They are dangerous. Wow. Bad things have happened in the past.
Then my cousins alcoholic fiance embezzled the funds (17K) from a charity in his name, the name of a federal officer. She went to federal prison for a year.