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abuse of alcohal is a common thing throughout america with a wopping 3 million cases per year. its most likely the case that isnt 100% garenteed only 3 million people suffer from alcohal abuse given the fact a lot more people are participating drinking parties.

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her father suffers from a severe alcohlism. it runs in the family because both of his parents used alcohol to cope with all their problems in life such as living in poverty. once Mary Charlene dies at a young age, rex started coping by using alcohol eventually leading him in the path of abusive alcoholism.
"mom and dad was never the same after mary charline died. he started having dark moods, staying out late and coming home drunk and losing jobs."

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in 2019 the NSDUH came out with a study that states that 9.5 percent of pregnant women in the U.S that are of ages 15 to 44 used alcohol in the past month.

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alcohal death amongst people under the age of 21

1,092 from motor vehicle crashes

1,000 from homicides

208 from alcohol overdose, falls, burns, and drowning

596 from suicides

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Alcohol used by anyone who under the age of 21 is iligally comsuming alcohol. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.

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on jeanettes tenth birthday her birthday wish was for dad to end his alcohol addiction.
" I looked up at the twin swirls of clouds high in the blue Arizona sky. keeping my eyes fastened on those distant clouds, I took a breath and said "do you think you could maybe stop drinking""

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being the daughter of an alcoholic people assosiate jeanette with being someone who lacks a goal and common sense. the way jeannette prove people wrong is that she actually does great things with her life and is alote more successeful than her parents.

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people assisiate jeannette with being dumb, however she has always been smart and is still very inteligent, given those frounts its a steriotype because noe every child of an alcoholic in dumb.

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people might think jeanette is an alcoholoic as well but that is not the case because i dont think in the book jeanette has ever even taken a sip on her own time other than once. so she dosent drink and most likley will never be drunk.

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people see the dad at the familys drunk.
"if francie saw the good in her father, even though most people considered him a shiftless drunk, maybe i wasnt a complete fool for beliving in mine."