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Originally Posted by Capp
((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 
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I agree with you. I have a cousin who does just pills. Your right just to numb themselfs. My sister had started with the drinking and the pills as far back as I can remember. I know she drank to feel able to go out. To be accepted she thought. In reality she was self med for her depression she had for years. She now knows that. The rest just followed to deal with our family lose. She never could deal with my parents. It was after that I think the coke came on.
She said the same thing first time she was here at christmas and there was no booze. She was like wow this is odd
your a good person capp (((ty)))
muffy