Mental illness doesn't help.

13
I choose to either feel complete numbness or pain when I'm depressed. Last night I chose numbness and got drunk by myself. Alcoholism runs in my family...

From:
Somewhere

You'd rather not put another generation through that.

14
Mental illness & alcoholism runs in my family... along with suicide. It's kind of hard for me to say that I want to pass along those rotten genes :/

From:
Somewhere

Peer pressure can be frustrating.

15
Alcoholism runs on both sides of my family and people still tell me one drink won't hurt. Still will never drink ever.

From:
Midland, Texas, US

The cycle ends here.

16
Alcoholism runs in my family. I'm determined to not follow that legacy.

From:
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US

People wouldn't understand.

17
I tell people that I don’t drink because of my medication, when it’s really because alcoholism runs in my family.

From:
Baltimore, Maryland, US

You can't help but be concerned.

18
I’ve been drinking lately. Im scared the alcoholism that runs in my family runs in me too.

From:
Los Angeles, California, US

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