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Jamell Crouthers
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The World We Live In
Literature & Fiction
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Heather's Struggle With Alcoholism
Too many times in life, we lose focus on how serious alcoholism is. This chapter focuses on Heather and her struggle with alcoholism. She talks about her turning a blind eye to the people she's let into her life and into her home around her kids. Heather's alcoholism has hit an all-time low where she does anything to get some into her system to satisfy her cravings and make her feel better. Her insecurities within herself have also caused her to become an alcoholic and alcoholism is a serious disease in today's society. This chapter goes in depth into Heather's struggles with it and how there is someone who knows someone in their family or has a friend who struggles with it on an everyday basis.
Book Excerpt
The World We Live In
Heather
I’ve failed him as a mother, the child I’m supposed to love,
All because I wanted liquor in my system.
The liquor helped me escape into a world of my own,
My sense of where I am fades away when I taste the liquor.
Some days I drink it straight when no one is around,
Other days I put some juice in it to drown the smell of the liquor.
My son Steve must hate me and I’m the cause of it all,
My problems have affected him and torn our family apart.
He doesn’t trust me and I don’t blame him at all,
He’s tried numerous times to help me but I’m intoxicated most days.
Most days turned into every day as the years went on,
Hiding bottles in all different places in the house.
Under my mattress, inside of pillow cases,
In between towels in the closet, I’m a disgraceful alcoholic.
When Steve would find my bottles and pour them out,
I would resort to putting them in the trunk of my car.
After a while, running to the car saying you forgot something got old,
Then I started being followed to the car to see what I’m getting.
Becoming argumentative and paranoid at everything,
It’s the main reason why my first husband left me.
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