Many of them have been out of touch with their families for years, and their deaths go unnoticed. Perhaps a small story about an unidentified body found dead on the street is all that you hear about. Other, more prominent people make the headlines of your local papers. All are victims of the same disease. Alcoholism is the nation's number one health problem.
Alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer.
I even quit a few times. I would go a few days, perhaps a week or more, but I just couldn't stay stopped. I'd think, ah, surely I can drink one or two. It never failed, that within a day or two, I would drink until I got drunk again. When I got drunk, I suffered blackouts.