When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I registered for a substance abuse class. At that time period, I did not comprehend 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 a lot about alcohol rehabilitation and the different alcohol rehab clinics that are often available to individuals who engage in heavy drinking.
Dangerous Outcomes That are Associated With Alcohol Addiction and Alcohol Abuse
Some of the detrimental end results correlated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class without a doubt worried me. The ruined lives and countless difficulties experienced by most alcohol dependent 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 wreckage and devastation that alcohol addicted people almost always experience.
Reflect on 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 ingesting 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 difficulties before he or she becomes an adult?
What adolescent wants to experience 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 centers on irresponsible drinking?
These issues were so significant that I discussed some of them in class during the school year. What was entirely amazing to me was the number of students who simply didn’t care about the dangerous outcomes of excessive drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be bothered with reality and how these effects 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 teen and pre-teen years: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to drink.
It’s Beneficial, Liberating, and Important to Keep Yourself From the Debilitating and Unhealthy Effects of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
And even at my young age, I also began to comprehend how important, liberating, and beneficial it is in life to remove yourself from the unhealthy and debilitating consequences of drug and alcohol abuse.
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