((muffy))
my FOO--family of origin--are for the most part either alcoholics or addicted to prescription drugs. it was easier, I suppose, for them to numb themselves this way instead of drinking.

it was a long time before I understood that way of life wasn't the only way--I had to leave there first.
quite a shocker when my observations morphed into "Yahoo!"
meaning that alcohol didn't have to be a part of every celebration, etc..
the first few times I was around folks who were celebrating and not drinking, I thought *they* were weird

Cap