Intellect and the Disease of Alcoholism

My grandfather was an alcoholic and my mom was extremely knowledgeable about the disease. More than anything, she wanted to protect me from the alcoholism. She used a very common sense approach of sharing information and conveying the importance of will power. Her methods involved urging me to “try harder and work harder.” She had her own slogans, such as “Nothing good comes from the bottom of an empty beer bottle” and “If you drink you will be a failure.”