Take a risk

I knew I was an alcoholic by the time I was 19. I’d grown up around severe alcoholism. My grandfather went to the state hospital because of his drinking, and my uncle, who lived with us for 10 years during my childhood, was unable to work or take care of himself because he had “wet brain.” Eventually, he drank himself to death. I saw the consequences of untreated alcoholism, and I knew I didn’t want to go down that road. What I didn’t know was how to quit drinking.