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Author Jessica Lahey Turned Her Alcoholism Into Mission to Protect Kids From Substance Abuse People 2 hrs ago © Provided by People Tim Lahey Jessica Lahey Bestselling author Jessica Lahey grew up surrounded by alcoholism. In her extended family, the stash of peppermint gum at her grandparents house was for hiding the smell of booze on the grownups breath.  Nap  was code for sleeping it off. And children were not to question any of it.   We weren t supposed to talk about what I saw right in front of me the slurring, the forgetting, the I m just going to lay down for a nap, says Lahey, 50. There was a lot of napping.

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