Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

Alcohol was my apple. Betty Rosen was my serpent,tempting my soul. In fact, all of my tempters havebeen women. And they all offered me the same apple. My name is Patrick William Monahan, III. Myfriends call me Paddy. I will tell you my story asbest as I can recall it. Much of my past is envelopedin an alcoholic haze. Other parts are frighteninglyclear. Sometimes I cannot tell which are which. That is the scary thing. So begins Paddy s story.