I so agree with this, who knows much about alcoholism unless they actively seek the information? My Father was an alcoholic all his life and never sought treatment (that I am aware of). It wasn't until I was well in to adulthood that I even bothered to look at alcoholism and find out about it. He drank, he drank too much, it disrupted everything but it was "normal" for the children and even as a teen and adult. I knew he was an alcoholic, I didn't know how that had come to be, now I know. He was one of 5 children, 4 were also alcoholics , one was not. Still, I never wondered why! Then again I certainly couldn't change any of that, so I guess that's pretty normal.