A man from Alabama went to a psychiatrist with a drinking problem. He sat down in the office chair and the psychiatrist asked him, “So, can you tell me why you drink?”

The patient took a deep breath and said: “Of course, I know exactly why I drink, and I will tell you right now. It all started when I got married, and I think I never should have. I met and married a widow who had an adult daughter who later became my stepdaughter.

The man continued: “One day my father came to visit us. He immediately fell in love with my beautiful stepdaughter and eventually married her. Thus, my stepdaughter became my stepmother. Soon my wife and I had a son, and he became my father’s brother-in-law because he was my stepdaughter’s half-brother.

So, as I told you, when my stepdaughter married my father, she also became my stepmother! Now, because my new son is my stepmother’s brother, he is also my uncle. As you know, my wife is also my step-grandmother because she is my stepmother’s mother. Don’t forget that my stepmother is also my stepdaughter.

It gets even better: Because I am married to my step-grandmother, I am not only my wife’s grandson and husband, but also my own grandfather.

The psychiatrist looked horrified, took a deep breath and said,

“Now I understand why you drink. Of course, go ahead!”