[Magdalen] Bishop Cook: Another unfortunate piece of the story

[ME Michaud]

Earlier today I wasted some time reading a list of things people
wish they'd learned in college. What *I* wish is that the public
schools would require workshops on substance abuse. Not the
"just say no" lecture, but a case-study curriculum addressing
stuff like alcoholic parents, the trajectories of addiction, and
coping skills and responsibilities of the possibly co-dependent,
of co-workers and friends.

Alot, I know.

As I've said before, both my gf's parents died very young. Their
drinking reverberates through her life in interesting and complex
ways. She's a wonderful person, intelligent, kind and compassionate.
Her life could have been so much easier if she'd had the skills to
help her comprehend her parents' behaviours. When she speaks
about her childhood, it sounds as if she was swimming in a vast
dark deep sea of confusion. That if she clicked her heels three times
it would all go away.
-M