“Daddy drank a lot,” Lianna Treitler responded when her mother asked about the concert she and her father attended the previous evening. That’s when her dad, Marc, knew he needed to seek help, and achieve sobriety.
Marc Treitler is 47 years old, and grew up in a family of somewhat functional alcoholics in San Diego. Drinking was a large part of the family culture. While his mother and father weren’t particularly drawn to alcohol, his aunt and uncles were alcoholics.