When I was a sophomore in high school, I took a substance abuse class. At that time, I did not realize that alcohol abuse in truth was a sub division 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 rehabilitation and the various alcohol rehab facilities that are regularly available to individuals who engage in hazardous drinking.

Some of the damaging results associated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class definitely scared me. The ruined lives and numerous problems experienced by most alcohol dependent individuals made me feel like I never wanted to drink alcohol when I became old enough. In a word, I did not want to face the damage and devastation that alcohol addicted people 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 young person 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 deal with alcohol withdrawal symptoms 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 young person want to sacrifice his or her education, employment, finances, and relationships for a life that revolves around abusive drinking?

These issues were so noteworthy that I talked about some of them in class during the school year. What was absolutely incredible to me was the number of students who essentially didn’t care about the negative results of excessive drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be bothered with reality and how these effects can wreck their lives. For the first time in my life I started to understand something that my grandfather used to tell me throughout my youth: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

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