Maddie

So it's not victim impact. I don't think I think it's like some other type of thing.

But I did like that. Like that part of the punishment I found interesting. But again, I find people telling their stories interesting.

But I did like that. Like that part of the punishment I found interesting. But again, I find people telling their stories interesting.

Were you just getting into high school too?

Were you just getting into high school too?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And that's considered alcoholism in the eyes of like the health care system now. So it is interesting to me that people don't want to recognize that that is actually functioning alcoholism.

And that's considered alcoholism in the eyes of like the health care system now. So it is interesting to me that people don't want to recognize that that is actually functioning alcoholism.

Well, and not only that, but like, I have this girl recently at work on the golf course. She asked me, she was like, cause she found out, you know, I was an alcoholic or whatever. And she was like, well, did she like drink every day? And I was like, yeah, like to stay alive, like to be awake and to not shake. Like I didn't drink to like, Have fun.

Well, and not only that, but like, I have this girl recently at work on the golf course. She asked me, she was like, cause she found out, you know, I was an alcoholic or whatever. And she was like, well, did she like drink every day? And I was like, yeah, like to stay alive, like to be awake and to not shake. Like I didn't drink to like, Have fun.

I was drinking to get rid of my, you know, like tremors and stuff.

I was drinking to get rid of my, you know, like tremors and stuff.

Yeah. You know, like. And that's what I tried to tell her. I was like, you know, I ended up here, but also I wasn't your like, you know, what you think of as your average alcoholic drinking every day. I didn't start out like that.

Yeah. You know, like. And that's what I tried to tell her. I was like, you know, I ended up here, but also I wasn't your like, you know, what you think of as your average alcoholic drinking every day. I didn't start out like that.

Like, it took years of drinking and many consequences to get me to that place. Right.

Like, it took years of drinking and many consequences to get me to that place. Right.

Yeah. I don't wish it on really anyone. But also going back to her asking me that and kind of touching on what you said, I love that she asked me, oh, well, were you drinking every day? And I just kind of wanted to turn around and be like, you don't have to drink every day to be an alcoholic.

Yeah. I don't wish it on really anyone. But also going back to her asking me that and kind of touching on what you said, I love that she asked me, oh, well, were you drinking every day? And I just kind of wanted to turn around and be like, you don't have to drink every day to be an alcoholic.

Hannah, you can drink three times on the weekend and that is plenty enough for you to be considered an alcoholic.