Stories My Mother Told Me

I grew up in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA lingo was a part of my regular vocabulary long before I even learned to read. I remember my mother telling me when I was still quite young, "If you ever drink, you will be playing with fire. Alcoholism can be genetic and it runs on both sides of your family." I thought that having a mother in AA and a father who was a heavy drinker would prevent me from becoming an alcoholic.