- Jun 9, 2014
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I'm sorry to know you had to go through that. Mine drank regularly, though not to the degree you describe. The Great Generation was all about booze and cigarettes. I'm surprised anyone adult from the '50s can remember where they were. Everyone had a drink and a cigarette in their hands constantly. Alcohol is definitely worse in my book.My parents were SEVERE alcoholics and my dad drank himself into a coma and was in intensive care for 2 weeks at 90 pounds and not expected to survive but made it thru. They told him if he drank again he would likely die from alcohol poisoning. He sobered up and lived until 72 years old. Mom was not as bad but still not good. We raised ourselves and got food from friends houses. I can attest to the affects of alcohol on a family. I have never heard anything even close to that about pot.