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March 2007

Back At The Ranch

A hard drinker grows up

I was born in 1950 and raised on a ranch with the principles of hard work and hard play. I wanted to get everything I could out of each day, especially as it involved drinking, and throughout high school and college my drinking increased. I was married in 1972 and my wife and I have two daughters. I almost didn't make it into the delivery room when my second daughter was born, as I was having a difficult time getting on those paper booties after a hard day of drinking.

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