familiar with it because it runs in both sides of my family. once i started drinking i could not stop. to have one or two drinks is impossible for me. soon i was drinking every day. i noticed that i was different from most of my friends; my tolerance was greater and i had no end point. i would drink until i passed out. this kept me from visiting much or living near my family. i did not want them to be around this, to know this part of me. i also did not want them to try and stop me, and i knew they would. i made myself independent 