Thanks for sharing. > but it wasn't the alcohol that made him difficult to be around. It was just his personality. I've heard of that and that people often us

Thanks for sharing. > but it wasn't the alcohol that made him difficult to be around. It was just his personality. I've heard of that and that people often use alcohol to self-medicate or to ease social anxiety for example. They soon enough learn that they can function better if they drink. My grandfather was a bit that way, I only have fond memories of him being warm, and kind when he was drunk. When sober he was mean, cold and not very approachable. He fought in the WW2 and drove the Germans all the way to Berlin, got wounded twice, saw pretty horrible things I imagine, but never talked about it. But probably had some effect on his drinking as well.