How Does Alcohol Affect Caroline's Life

Within this book, it is clear that alcohol addiction had a profound effect on Caroline’s life. It seemed as if every area of this character’s life was touched by her addiction, whether it was her relationships, work or self-esteem. Caroline went from a somewhat happy-go-lucky girl from a slightly troubled and in many ways strange upbringing to a woman consumed with everything alcohol related. This would often mean ensuring that alcohol was always on hand, specifically keeping a personal stash to make sure she would never go without its presence at any given moment and drinking whenever possible to keep her emotions and pain at bay. Alcohol in many ways became a method to fill voids for Caroline. To the extent that alcohol became manifested …show more content…
However, her time at work would center around scheduling her alcohol consumption, planning to drink after work with colleagues and reflecting on events that had occurred during her nights of drunkenness. On the other hand, her family relationships were deeply affected by her alcohol addiction. The relationship between Caroline and her mother grew to be one filled concern about her self-control when it came to alcohol and continuous lies about the extent of her drinking. Caroline’s relationship with her sister grew more estranged due her drinking. Her sister always had suspensions about Caroline’s drinking habit and would continually urge her to seek help for it, but Caroline would always brush off her comments and reassure her that she was fine. It was only towards the end of her lengthy battle with addiction that Caroline’s relationship with her sister began to get better as Caroline came face-to-face with the extent of her drinking and sought her sister as the last family member who could support her. Surprisingly, the relationship between Caroline and her father actually seemed to get better when introduced to alcohol, with all awkwardness between the two dissipating away. The two would bond over their love for drinking due to their shared addiction to alcohol, Caroline with her love for white wine and her father with his love for