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Sierra Hobbs Mr. Ward English I April 1, 2011 Caring for her Family: The Daisy Hersey Story Just like any other morning, Daisy struggled to get out of bed and walk down the stairs to breakfast. She was listening to hear the sizzling of the bacon that she woke to every morning. But when she listened closer she couldn’t hear a peep. She crept passed the living room and saw her father lazily sleeping on the couch. He had passed out from his heavy drinking the night before. She looked all around the house for her mother. She was nowhere to be found. When he father woke up he was very angry. He didn’t talk to her family when he woke up he just stormed around the house. When he finally left she told her brothers that her mother had went to their aunts to help out. She really had no clue what happened. What she didn’t know was that the night before her father had chased her mother out of the house with a butcher knife in an angry drunken rage. She also didn’t know that her mother was not coming back. Alcoholism is a very serious addiction. It effects the mind and body in various ways. The people that are alcoholics or people addicted to alcohol have a mind set that they need alcohol. Their body becomes dependent on alcohol and if they don’t drink more then they will get sick. The symptoms of detoxification will start showing. They’ll start shaking, feel nauseated, have anxiety, and start sweating. Once they become dependent on the substance then they will need to drink more to “feel good” or to get drunk.