Hillbilly Elegy
both: Research does reveal a genetic disposition to substance abuse, but those who believe their addiction is a disease show les ...
sitting in a circle, introducing themselves as “Bob, and I’m an addict.” I thought that if I participated, she might actually ge ...
man answered with admirable candor: “I could say yes, but honestly, probably not. I’ll probably be back at it tomorrow night.” I ...
Chapter 8 By the time I finished eighth grade, Mom had been sober for at least a year, and she’d been dating Matt for two or thr ...
That’s all I ever wanted in a mate for my sister. Just under a year after their wedding, Lindsay gave birth to her son, Kameron. ...
Mamaw’s, and Mom made it clear that she wanted me to attend school in Dayton. I liked my life in Middletown— I wanted to attend ...
with Matt, I belted out, “Absolutely not,” and stormed away. Mom drew from this conversation that I had anger problems and sched ...
Maybe Mom was right and I did have some anger problems. I tried to keep an open mind. If nothing else, I thought, this woman mig ...
punch but did so at Mamaw’s encouragement), the times I’d run from home to my grandparents’ house because of Mom’s “discipline.” ...
During Mom’s domestic violence case a couple of years earlier, Lindsay and I had let slip some unsavory details about Mom’s pare ...
had no interest in putting a forty-five- minute barrier between me and everyone I had ever depended on so I could replant myself ...
I had no way out. When the therapist asked me what I’d do, I replied that I would probably go live with my dad. She said that th ...
doesn’t get it.” I initially disagreed with her: “Of course she gets it; it’s just the way she is, something she can’t change.” ...
lot of whispers from a lot of people to Mamaw that she just needed to take a break and enjoy her golden years. That feeling of b ...
One of them (usually my stepmom but sometimes Dad) made dinner every night, which we ate as a family. Before each meal, we’d say ...
friend to sleep over. We fished in Dad’s pond, fed horses, and grilled steaks for dinner. That night, we watched Indiana Jones m ...
he didn’t care for my taste in classic rock, especially Led Zeppelin. He wasn’t mean about it—that wasn’t his style—and he didn’ ...
particular doctrinal disputes. I doubt he would have gotten upset if I’d asked those questions, but I never did because I didn’t ...
phone frequently, and one night she told me that I had to know she loved me more than anything and she wanted me to return home ...
complex and conflicting feelings I’d developed. That meant a great deal to me. When Lindsay and her family came to get me, I got ...
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