What I Learned About Alcohol and Drug Addiction in High School

Posted on July 19, 2009
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When I was a sophomore in high school, I took a substance abuse class. At that time, I did not comprehend that alcohol abuse in point of fact was a sub classification of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse, I read a lot about Alcoholic Anonymous, their meetings, how their programs have twelve steps, and how successful the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery program has been for people all over the world. I also learned quite a bit about alcohol rehabilitation and the different alcohol rehab clinics that are normally available to individuals who engage in excessive drinking.

Some of the negative consequences correlated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class certainly scared me. The ruined lives and many difficulties experienced by most alcohol addicted individuals made me feel like I never wanted to drink alcohol when I became old enough. Stated differently, I did not want to face the wreckage and destruction that alcohol addicted individuals almost always go through.

Let this sink in for a moment. What fifteen-year-old teenager wants to face premature death due to his or her drinking behavior? What adolescent wants to become so out-of-control regarding his or her drinking that drinking alcohol becomes the object of one’s life? What adolescent wants to go to one of the local alcoholic rehabilitation centers to deal with alcohol-related difficulties before he or she becomes twenty-one?

What youth wants to encounter alcohol withdrawal symptoms when he or she tries to quit drinking? Why would a person engage in drinking to such an extent that it would cause difficulties in every area of his or her life? Drinking later in life after a person has a career, a family, and develops personal responsibilities makes sense. But why would an adolescent want to sacrifice his or her education, employment, finances, and relationships for a life that centers on irresponsible drinking?

These issues were so important that I talked about some of them in class during the school year. What was completely amazing to me was the number of students who simply didn’t care about the harmful results of hazardous drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be bothered with the truth and how these results can wreck their lives. For the first time in my life I started to appreciate something that my grandfather used to tell me all through my younger years: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

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