You don’t want to threaten me sis.

Here's an idea, how about you stop drinking? How about you go to rehab? Or you could just do us all a favor and die.

Without family and faith, I don't know what I'd be doing.

One needn't stop dysfunction; just evince and reflect.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

Perhaps nothing so accurately characterizes dysfunctional families as denial. The denial forces members to keep believing the myths and vital lies in spite of the facts, or to keep expecting that the same behaviors will have different outcomes.
Dad's not an alcoholic because he never drinks in the morning, in spite of the fact that he's drunk every night.