Pubdate: Mon, 15 Sep 2008
Source: Kearney Hub, The (NE)
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Author: Betty Lou Geist

SADLY, ADDICTION CAN START VERY EARLY

I have never seen a truer statement as Roger Mattson made in his last
letter to the editor, "Seeds of Addiction Planted Early." My first
husband was given sips of grandpa's beer at about age 2 or 3, and got
the notion early on. Having had enough made him fall down, and then
later he became an alcoholic.

He went to AA and stayed sober after he was in his 50s, but still had
another addiction, tobacco, which did take him.

It is so easy just to follow the easy path, but I hope our grandkids
are smart enough to keep that stuff away from their kids, and not fall
into the trap themselves before they are responsible for their
youngsters' lives.

God bless all my grandchildren and your grandchildren.

BETTY LOU GEIST
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