1) There are many examples of how alcoholism affects a person and a whole family. At one point in the story, sanders states “When father was drinking, the house, too became a minefield.” Which in fact means sanders and his siblings were scared almost to death because anything can make either his father or mother "explode" from anger. "Choose to ruin himself and punish his family," Sanders wrote which is such a powerful statement. As a kid, the only time we usually got punished is if we do something wrong or break the rules. For Sanders to feel as if he was getting punished means that he feels like it’s his fault that his father drinks. Being punished is no fun and almost every kid can tell you of a time when they did something wrong and
