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What's An Alcoholic? #shorts

12 Aug 2022 · 0 min

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A short YouTube clip by Amber Hollingsworth about how difficult it is to explain alcoholism to young children. The video quotes a scene from the 1994 film When a Man Loves a Woman in which a child asks "What's an alcoholic?" and another character describes it as a "bad habit" that makes someone sick yet they keep doing it; Amber closes by asking viewers how they would answer that question to a child.

Talking to young kids about alcoholism is extremely daunting. Take a look at this scene from the 1994 movie when a Man Loves a Woman.
What's an alcoholic?
Someone with a bad habit. You know, like if you drank stuff that made you sick, but you really liked it, so you kept drinking it and it kept making you sick, wouldn't you want to learn how to stop?
What's an alcoholic? It's why she does all that stuff. When she does all that stuff, like when she talks like she's sleepy, forgets stuff when she's sad.
How would you have answered?