My family was a bunch of drunks, when I was six I came up missing, they put my picture on a bottle of scotch.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker makes a dark joke about his family's alcoholism and his disappearance.
- In plain terms
- He jokes that his parents were alcoholics when he went missing.
- What can you take from it?
- Dark humor allows people to address difficult family issues.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you cope with family struggles?
- When is humor appropriate?
Another view
Using addiction as a punchline can be insensitive.
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