September 25, 2009
What I Learned About Drug Abuse and Alcoholism in High School
When I was a sophomore in high school, I took a drug abuse class. At that time, I did not realize 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 and particularly 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 quite a bit about alcohol rehab and the diverse alcohol rehab clinics that are often available to people who engage in abusive drinking.
Damaging Outcomes That are Associated With Alcohol Dependency and Alcohol Abuse
Some of the detrimental effects correlated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class definitely worried me. The ruined lives and many problems experienced by most alcohol addicted individuals made me feel like I never wanted to drink alcohol when I became old enough. In short, I did not want to face the disaster and ruination that alcohol addicted individuals almost always encounter.
Think about 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 adolescent wants to go to one of the local alcoholic rehabilitation centers to deal with alcohol-related issues before he or she becomes twenty-one?
What young person wants to encounter alcohol withdrawals when he or she tries to quit 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 an individual 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 revolves around abusive drinking?
These issues were so important that I talked about some of them in class throughout the school year. What was entirely unbelievable to me was the number of students who essentially didn’t care about the injurious results of excessive drinking that I talked about. It was almost as if they couldn’t be bothered with reality and how these outcomes can wreck their lives. For the first time in my life I started to understand something that my grandfather used to say to me all through my younger years: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to drink.
It’s Beneficial, Important, and Liberating to Keep Away From the Unhealthy and Destructive Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
And even at my young age, I also began to understand how beneficial, important, and liberating it is in life to stay away from the unhealthy and debilitating consequences of drug and alcohol abuse.
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