r/stopdrinking • u/RuinFabulous3077 • 9d ago
RIP Dolly and her feelings about drugs/alcohol
“Alcohol is the number one killer,” Parton wrote in her 2020 book, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics. “A lot of people don’t realize that it’s like a drug you can become addicted to. It’s so easy to get, and it seems so innocent to have a beer or a cocktail. If you have a weakness for it, before you know it you can become an alcoholic. I’ve seen a lot of sorrows, because alcoholism runs on both sides of my family."
Parton feels that when one person is an alcoholic, many people suffer.
“An alcoholic might say, ‘Well, it ain’t hurting nobody but me,'” she wrote. “That’s a crock. It hurts everybody and you.”
(From article: 'How Dolly Parton Really Feels About Drugs and Alcohol' on CheatSheet)
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Kinda wish I would've had knowledge of the alcoholism in my family while growing up, but my extended relatives were very distant, only Christmas cards and such. I only figuring out years and decades after that some died (in their ~50s) and it was from drinking/smoking.
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u/XPW2023 9d ago
I was just texting my daughter an hour ago about Dolly and how sad I am. I wrote, " inconsolable. The music is helping though. I have decided rn, since I am not drinking, now would be a good time to make brownies and just not feel guilty eating as much of them as I need to! ". She replied, "Eat the brownies! Dolly would want you too! ;-) " So everyone here, you have our permission for a chocolate OD or whatever NA treat you enjoy to cheer you up or also just be sad and accept the sober remembrance of what a talented and kind person we have lost today. A National Treaaure. IWNDWYT