In the days since the tragic loss of the Reiner family, epic clips from All in the Family have flooded social media. The show confronted social norms of bigotry, prejudice, hatred, and poverty through humor and allowing viewers a glimpse into a family struggling with changing social mores. Reiner's character challenged them all head on - in ways most of us wished we had the courage to do. Yet, it seems one area that 1970's show did not broach was addiction. Fifty years later, every family in America has been touched directly or indirectly by the many faces of addiction and its aftermath.
Genetic predisposition, some say,
Try it, they say, fit in, be social,
Invincible mentality,
It was prescribed for you
Available, escape,
It happens in rich,
All families
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