The Affects of Alcoholism in the Life of Charlie Wales
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism "About 18 million Americans have alcohol problems. Alcohol and drug abuse costs the American economy an estimated $276 billion per year in
lost productivity, health care expenditures, crime, motor vehicle crashes and other conditions. An estimated 6.6 million children under the age of 18 years live in households with at least one alcoholic parent."
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" depicts the affects of alcoholism in the life of Charlie Wales. Because Charlie Wales was an alcoholic, he lost three important things in his life. Alcoholism caused Charlie to lose most of his money, and it caused him to temporarily lose his sanity, and finally, it caused him to lose
his daughter Honoria.
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