Young Child Asks Alcoholics 'Why?'

Winnipeg Free Press › August 13, 2009

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"How old were you when you started drinking?" Ava Wright asks Charles at Jack's Place on Main Street. "Why did you start?" and "How has alcohol affected your family?"

"You don't know what's going to happen -- if you're going to wake up the next day," he tells Ava. "...Eating out of bins, soup kitchens -- I figured I'd never be like that.

Ava asks alcoholics: "How old were you when you started drinking?" "Why did you start?" and "How has alcohol affected your family?"

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Young Child Asks Alcoholics 'Why?'

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