My paternal grandfather came from Norway, Olaf Johan TÖnder Benjamminsen (last name omitted due to relatives in Duluth and Superior, but not Johnson), he prayed at the altar of Northern Brewery most of his life, my father and a few of his brothers were alcoholics too. I enjoy a cold beer and some Jameson Irish whiskey now and then, but not often. One of Dad's older brothers died of cirrhosis of the liver at 39. I saw many friends and neighbors growing up in the 1940s and '50s that had the same problem, mostly Swedes and Norwegians in our neighborhood back then. I left Duluth many years ago, but enjoy a visit now and then and read the DNT and PDD daily and enjoy the diversity of comments. There have been studies related to this that I read somewhere on the internet in the past.

Happy New Year everyone!