Much of the misery caused by inebriants and addicts goes unseen or is passed off as a different problem instead of yet another symptom of our disease.
Slow and painful: It is the stress of a helpless parent, the repercussions of a neglected child, health issues, or the money that is just no longer there.
Quick and deadly: Violence, crime, death and suicide happen every day because of drugs and alcohol yet their cultural acceptance is strong as ever. It takes something truly spectacular to raise the eye of the public. Earlier this week in Mexico, a city official provided this prerequisite when he took the picture above of a drunk driver plowing through a bicycle race... a very powerful image that is hard to ignore.
But for most it’s still just a photograph.
Click "Read more" to continue...
