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THE PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOTTLE
Part One Was What It Does To Your Brain
Part Two Was The Industry That Built The Habit
Part Three Was The Room That Reinforced It
This One Is About Everyone Else
The People Who Did Not Choose The Bottle
The People Who Lived Inside The Consequences Of Someone Who Did
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THE NUMBER THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING 🔢
Of All The Substances Studied In The Context Of Domestic Violence
Alcohol Is The Most Statistically Consistent
Not Heroin
Not Methamphetamine
Not Cocaine
Alcohol
A Study Published In The Journal Of Family Violence Found That Alcohol Was A Factor
In Approximately 55 Percent Of Domestic Violence Cases
The World Health Organization Estimates That Globally
Alcohol Is Present In 25 To 50 Percent Of All Intimate Partner Violence Incidents
This Is Not A Claim That Alcohol Causes Violence
Violent People Were Violent Before The Bottle
What Alcohol Does Is Remove The Inhibitory Controls That Contain It
The Prefrontal Cortex That Might Have Stopped The Escalation Was Suppressed Hours Ago
What Remained Was Everything Underneath
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WHAT CHILDREN LEARN 🏠
The Research On Children Who Grew Up In Homes With An Alcoholic Parent Is Decades Deep
Children Of Alcoholics Are Approximately Four Times More Likely To Develop An Alcohol Use Disorder Themselves
But The Substance Is Not The Only Thing Inherited
Children In These Homes Learn A Specific Set Of Survival Skills
Read The Room Before You Walk Into It
Know What Mood They Are In Before You Need Anything
Do Not Ask For Too Much
Do Not Make Noise At The Wrong Moment
Do Not Bring A Problem Into A House That Already Has One
These Are Not Character Traits
They Are Adaptations
The Child Who Learned To Disappear To Stay Safe Becomes The Adult Who Cannot Ask For Help
The Child Who Learned That Love Came With Unpredictability
Becomes The Adult Who Stays In Relationships That Feel Familiar
The Home Was The First Environment
It Wrote The First Rules
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THE GRIEF INSIDE GETTING SOBER 🌿
Getting Sober Is Framed As A Victory
Sometimes It Is
Often It Is Also A Loss Nobody Prepared You For
The Partner Who Knew The Drinking Version Of You And Does Not Know What To Do With The Sober One
The Friends Who Drank With You Every Weekend And Now Have Nothing To Say On A Saturday Night
The Identity That Was Built Around The Social Ritual Of The Bar
The Party, The Round
Sobriety Does Not Return You To The Person You Were Before
The Person Before Started Drinking For A Reason
Sobriety Is Building Someone New
In A World Still Designed For The Old Version
A 2020 Study In Alcoholism, Clinical And Experimental Research Found That Social Isolation Was One Of The Primary Predictors Of Relapse In Long Term Recovery
Not Because Sober People Cannot Handle Solitude
Because The Social Infrastructure Of Their Lives Was Built Inside A Drinking Culture
Removing The Drink Often Means Rebuilding Almost Everything Around It
THE LINE THAT DESERVES TO BE SAID OUT LOUD 💬
The Person Still Drinking Is Not The Only One Who Needs Help
The Partner Managing Around The Unpredictability Needs Help
The Child Who Learned To Go Quiet Needs Help
The Person Three Years Sober Who Still Does Not Know Who They Are At A Party Needs Help
Alcohol's Damage Does Not Stay Contained To The Person Consuming It
It Distributes
Into Households
Into Children
Into Relationships That Tried And Could Not Survive It
Into The Quiet Spaces Where People Who Loved An Alcoholic Still Sit With What That Cost Them
That Is The Part Of The Story The Drink Never Shows You When It Is Sitting On The Screen Looking Good
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