Saturday, 18 August 2007

Alcoholism


My name is James, and I am not an alcoholic.

My mother had been sober for two years. She went into hospital with a slipped disk and she never came out. The doctor's didn't say so, but we knew it was the drink that had done it.

My brother was 24. He was found a year later on the floor of his bedroom. He never did deal with my mother's death.

2 comments:

Scott W said...

James, Thank you for sharing your story. It says such an incredible amount in just a few sentences.

Anonymous said...

So sad - my ex husband died in the street, vomiting blood from this disease. Age 51. (We were married 20 years.)