When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I enrolled into a drug abuse class. At that time period, I did not understand that alcohol abuse actually was a sub category 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 individuals throughout the world. I also learned quite a bit about alcohol treatment and the different alcohol rehab facilities that are usually available to alcohol abusers.
Some of the injurious effects associated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class unquestionably startled me. The ruined lives and numerous difficulties experienced by most alcohol addicted people made me feel like I never wanted to drink alcohol when I became old enough. In short, I did not want to face the wreckage and ruination that alcohol dependent individuals almost always encounter.
Ponder upon this for a moment. What fifteen-year-old person wants to face premature death due to his or her drinking behavior? What teenager wants to become so out-of-control regarding his or her drinking that drinking alcohol becomes the object of one’s life? What young person wants to go to one of the local alcoholic rehabilitation centers to deal with alcohol-related problems before he or she becomes twenty-one?
What teenager wants to go through alcohol withdrawals when he or she tries to stop drinking? Why would a person engage in drinking to such an extent that it would cause problems in every area of his or her life? Drinking later in life after an individual has a career, a family, and develops personal responsibilities makes sense. But why would a teenager want to sacrifice his or her education, employment, finances, and relationships for a life that focuses on abusive drinking?
These issues were so meaningful that I discussed some of them in class during the school year. What was absolutely inconceivable to me was the number of students who simply didn’t care about the detrimental results of excessive drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be troubled with reality and how these outcomes can ruin their lives. For the first time in my life I started to comprehend something that my grandfather used to emphasize all through my younger years: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to drink.
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