Part one of term paper
In Caroline Knapp’s autobiography entitled, Drinking: A Love Story, you learn from her own personal tewenty year battle with alcoholism, why people drink, why people become alcohlics, and how hard it is to break the cycle of alcoholism. Caroline had her first drink at age fourteen, she was a very shy child who felt uncomfortable in most ...

Part two of term paper
... wanted was to climb into her mother’s lap to escape. This wasn’t possible however, it was seen as inappropriate behavior, so she just stood there and froze. Later she compares the feeling of safty her mother’s lap would have provided to that of the comfort supplied by “the drink” later on in life. Caroline began to drink to fill the void in her life which was created by a lack of love, affection, and comfort. The drink took on a role as if it were her companion: someone who g ...