Story archives - tag: "alcoholism"

Cheers, Dad

He told me when Osama Bin Laden died we would have a bottle of champagne, but then he died a month after 9/11 because he was an alcoholic.

tags: 9/11 alcoholism dad [add]

2011-10-27 13:23:02 / Rating: 150 /

bad habit

I was laying in bed with a box of wine and seven dirty glasses by my side when I realized I have been saying, "I'm just having a rough week," for the past fifty-two weeks.

tags: wine alcoholism bed [add]

2010-04-26 14:37:38 / Rating: 404.75 /

Haven't learned yet

The men in my life can be explained as one alcoholic stepping stone to another.

tags: men relationships drinking alcoholism [add]

2009-08-03 15:58:30 / Rating: 303.5 /

Lily

I politely explained to the intoxicated frat boys that I never drink because my family has a history of alcoholism.

tags: party drink alcoholism [add]

2009-03-09 11:17:20 / Rating: 279 /

lush

After waking up next to my ex-boyfriend with someone else's name emblazoned on my hand in permanent marker, I realized I should lay off the 99 bananas.

tags: college alcoholism [add]

2007-09-19 15:06:03 / Rating: 480.25 /

RJ

I no longer care if my baby sister lives or dies.

tags: siblings alcoholism addiction [add]

2007-07-30 13:26:33 / Rating: 409 /

Dawn

It makes me angry and sad that every time I go visit my pregnant friend, she's always drunk, and she thinks I'm the one with the drinking problem.

tags: pregnant friend irresponsible anger alcoholism [add]

2007-06-19 14:08:19 / Rating: 579.75 /

innominate

I swore I would never drink like my father did, yet there I was that night, drunk and peeing in the floor, unaware I was really awake.

tags: alcoholism sleep walking [add]

2007-05-10 10:39:50 / Rating: 316.5 /