Brené Brown

So I started working on it and I got confused when I got to extended family.

So I called my mom.

And I said, where is this person?

Oh, dead, alcoholism.

And oh, okay, got it.

So what about these two people?

Oh, both dead, cirrhosis of the liver and alcoholism.

And I was like, oh my God, what is happening in this?

You know, it's like shake the family tree and all the alcoholics fall out.

I kept thinking, what's happening?

And I...

I guess I was just ready and I wanted something different for my life and my history.

And that scared me.

And I knew my propensity to... You're at the age in graduate school where, are you a fun party girl or is there a problem emerging?

And so...

My – the last time I drank was the night of my – I graduated from my – with my master's degree and I was hungover and late to Mother's Day brunch the next day at my mom's.

Yeah.

And I thought that combined –

You know, it was funny because like when you're a fifth generation Texan, you just hear kind of stories and about outlaws and folklore heroes in your family.

But then when you, you know, you sit down and you map it out, you're like, wow, there's a lot of addiction and mental health issues really turned into funny stories, but not so funny.