My Brother Destroyed My Family

Matt Elliott
4 min readAug 12, 2019

It’s not easy having a drug addict in the family. My grandfather and my aunt, on my dads side were both alcoholics most of their lives. Thankfully both managed to get sober after years of fighting their pain. My brother is an addict and has constantly brought pain and stress to my family. In high school he drank beer like water, usually consuming an entire 24 pack in one sitting. On one occasion he decided it would be fun to take my car out for a spin while he was drunk. He was 18 at the time and the star quarterback of the high school football team. He was always a talented athlete. He never worked…

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Matt Elliott

I’m just a simple aspiring writer who loves pop culture and looking to share my stories with others.