Alcohol Abuse Definition

I vaguely remember standing in the hospital waiting room holding on to my mother’s leg as an impatient little four-year-old. The year was nineteen-ninety and as I look back I can picture the doctor coming into the room as all of our eyes turned to his frowning face and I studied the deep lines in his forehead as he started to unravel the fait that was about to consume my favorite uncle, Jesse’s life, to my parents and grandparents as they stood they’re in total shock and horror. I was so young that I didn’t no what was going on exactly, but I was certain that it couldn’t have been anything good when I looked up and saw my family with tears in their eyes and my grandma weeping softly. It was apparent though that the reality hadn’t settled in even yet. It came as such a shock, my uncle was so young and full of life and he now lay on his deathbed, all because of a choice that he had made, to abuse alcohol. It was so simple, he didn’t have to choose that way if he didn’t wa...