The number of people addicted to alcohol in the U.S.is 14 times more than those addicted to opioids.
The U.S. ranks fifth in countries with the highest rate of alcohol use disorder, writes Jane Hillstrom.
My family’s drunkenness was so unbelievably sad, my college boyfriend wrote a “Twilight Zone” episode about my dad called “Kentucky Rye.” In the show, the main character kills someone while driving drunk and is punished by spending the afterlife inside the prison of his own tavern. When my dad was 32, he killed someone while driving drunk back to his own tavern.alcoholics in the U.S. Holiday gatherings often feature at least one person who “has a few” before they arrive.
America’s alcoholism is celebrated. Drunken behavior is entrenched in our society. Maybe we are stuck in the fantasy of the “good times” shown in alcohol advertising and can’t be bothered with the slow, invisible deaths happening off-screen. When we laugh at the person who is always drunk at the holiday party, we turn our backs on the emotional pain to their family who loves the person committing slow suicide.
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