In numerous instances, today’s world values addictions over family. Every day, the news highlights stories where addiction overpowers. For instance, a few weeks ago, Columbus, had a couple who overdosed on heroin with their grandchild in the backseat. Hence why “Under The Influence” by Scott Russell Sanders is extremely relevant. Sanders asserted his experience with his dad, who was an alcoholic. He thoroughly explained the effects alcoholism had on the family. Later in his essay, many of the father’s organs were damaged as a result of drinking. Sanders said, “My father , when drunk was neither funny nor honest; he was pathetic, frightening, deceitful.”(Under the Influence. 89). My father was an alcoholic for many years. My family encountered many of the situations that Sanders faced. Since I was little, I have witnessed the consequences of alcoholism.
As a three-year-old, if I hear someone trying to get in the house, I’m going to sprint to my parent's bedroom. I looked all over the house for my parents. It was just my brothers and I. It’s the end of the world when a
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Individuals in my life have told me that I am going to end up just like him. One day, my uncle said, “You’re likely to end up like your father. I have a lot of friends who became alcoholics because of their parents”. He really had the audacity to speak that over my life. I really had to work through that. Scott Russell Sanders said, “ Our own father never beat us, and I don’t think he ever beat Mother, but he threatened often.”(93) I will never put myself or anyone else in that situation. My family should never have to worry about abuse because of my lack of intelligence. Honestly, I choose not to indulge in alcohol. It doesn’t even sound pleasurable to me. I want nothing to do with alcohol. My childhood was full of it. The rest of my life will not consist of alcohol. Smart choices prevent atrocious