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What I Learned About Substance Abuse in High School
By OnTopic | September 27, 2009
When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I enrolled into a substance abuse class. At that age, I did not understand that alcohol abuse in reality was a sub category 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 people all over the world. I also learned quite a bit about alcohol rehab and the various alcohol rehab clinics that are frequently available to people who engage in excessive drinking.
Harmful Results That are Linked to Alcohol Addiction and Alcohol Abuse
Some of the damaging end results linked to alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class without a doubt alarmed me. The ruined lives and frequent difficulties experienced by most alcohol dependent individuals made me feel like I never wanted to drink alcohol when I became old enough. More to the point, I did not want to face the disaster and devastation that alcohol addicted people almost always experience.
Think about this 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 teen 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 teenager wants to deal with 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 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 excessive drinking?
These issues were so significant that I discussed some of them in class during the school year. What was totally astonishing to me was the number of students who simply didn’t care about the dangerous results of abusive drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be troubled with reality and how these consequences can destroy their lives. For the first time in my life I started to comprehend a saying that my grandfather used to articulate all through my youth: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to drink.
It’s Important, Beneficial, and Liberating to Stay Away From the Unhealthy and Debilitating Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
And even at my young age, I also started to understand how beneficial, enlivening, and important it is in life to stay away from the damaging and unhealthy end results of alcohol and drug abuse.
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