She went to bed each and every night without the comfort of human touch. No one hugged her. If someone had hugged her each day, they would have smelled the alcohol and could have done something to help her at the beginning. But no one hugged her. Parents know there is a time when children no longer sit on laps.
Some parents stop hugging their children around that same time.
But children still need to be hugged. Every human being needs to be touched. Geraldo interviewed college students, too. Some said they drank to feel better. They drank to lose their inhibitions so they could connect with their friends.