When Pride Becomes a Matter of Life and Death: The Shocking Truth Behind Embarrassment
I suppose I should have been pleased with his answer—it implied that I would live a long time—but I’ve never liked the idea of perpetual medication. And I didn’t like that my father having died from his fourth major heart attack was used against me. Environmental influences played a major role in his heart attacks: he smoked, drank, and had the stress of his wife and six children.
But I also knew my family was secretive. I couldn’t trust that the family history I’d been given was complete. If my mother hadn’t told me about my father’s drinking, I’m not sure I would have thought of him as a drinker at all.
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