Psychology Today | 15.07.2026 00:55
I was a young woman when my pop-pop pulled me aside and said something I was not expecting: many people in our family have struggled with alcohol; it’s a generational thing, and I should watch myself. His information gave me pause, not because I was in the grip of addiction, but because suddenly something I had noticed about myself made sense. I could drink and not feel drunk. My tolerance was unusually high. I had never questioned it. It was just the way I was. After that conversation, I chose to stay aware, to pay attention, to not let what ran in my family run me.
