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What I Learned About Drug Abuse and Alcohol Dependency in High School

By Spa guru | September 18, 2009

When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I registered for a drug abuse class. At that time period, I did not grasp the fact that alcohol abuse in reality was a sub classification of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and especially about alcohol side effects, 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 all through the world. I also learned a lot about alcohol rehabilitation and the diverse alcohol rehab clinics that are usually available to abusive drinkers.

Damaging Outcomes That are Linked to Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse

Some of the injurious outcomes associated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class unquestionably scared me. The ruined lives and countless difficulties experienced by most alcohol dependent people 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 people almost always experience.

Let this sink in for a moment. What fifteen-year-old person 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 issues before he or she becomes an adult?

What young person wants to experience 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 serious issues 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 a teenager want to sacrifice his or her education, employment, finances, and relationships for a life that centers on abusive drinking?

These issues were so important that I discussed some of them in class during the school year. What was downright amazing to me was the number of students who openly didn’t care about the detrimental results of hazardous drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be troubled with reality and how these effects can demolish their lives. For the first time in my life I started to understand a saying that my grandfather used to tell me all through my youth: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to drink.

It’s Beneficial, Important, and Energizing to Remove Yourself From the Unhealthy and Damaging Consequences of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

And even at my young age, I also began to understand how important, beneficial, and liberating it is in life to keep yourself from the debilitating and unhealthy end results of drug and alcohol abuse.

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