Aunt Brie doesn't drink because alcoholism is common in the family

"Mother told me, from a very young age, that I would likely be an alcoholic due to our genetics"

Here is an excerpt of Aunt Brie's post from March 4, 2019:

On Why I’m Not Drinking

March 4, 2019

"I’ve written before about how my mother told me, from a very young age, that I would likely be an alcoholic due to our genetics — Irish, many family members who are alcoholics, etc. And I believed her, in my core. But I also didn’t believe her, and wanted to be different. I didn’t drink until I was 21. In our society, it is extremely hard to participate in normal social events if you’re not drinking. Looking back, it’s sort of scary to realize how quickly I fell from not drinking at all to drinking a lot, during the day and all weekend. I wonder if her prediction for me was true, and that if I had continued drinking, if I would indeed have developed a real problem. Or if the problem had already developed already, and I am too afraid to admit that to myself. I think, especially, of the time when I showed up tutoring with alcohol on my breath."