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I Was Born Into Alcohol

*Trigger Warning* June 17, 2014


I was born into alcohol. Well, that is what it felt like looking back. My father was in the bar celebrating me while I was being delivered. The cycle of alcohol and dysfunction were waiting for me. It seems like the same old song and dance you hear from anywhere reservation North America. I never claim to have had a hard rough life. My family & friends have had hard rough lives. I just made really bad decisions. But like everyone around me I allowed alcohol to become my friend. I could always lean on the bottle whenever I didn’t understand what life was throwing at me or when I had to cope with something. As I grew older I saw a lot of the older gener