When I was in the tenth grade in high school, I took a substance abuse class. At that time, I did not comprehend that alcohol abuse in point of fact was a sub category of drug abuse. While taking this class and learning more about drug and alcohol abuse and above all 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 throughout the world. I also learned a lot about alcohol rehabilitation and the various alcohol rehab clinics that are often available to people who engage in heavy drinking.

Dangerous Results That are Associated With Alcohol Dependency and Alcohol Abuse

Some of the negative outcomes correlated with alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class definitely worried me. The ruined lives and countless problems experienced by most alcohol addicted people 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 wreckage and ruination that alcohol addicted individuals almost always go through.

Let this sink in for a moment. What fifteen-year-old individual 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 consuming 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 an adult?

What teenager wants to deal with alcohol withdrawals when he or she tries to quit drinking? Why would an individual engage in drinking to such an extent that it would cause difficulties 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 revolves around abusive drinking?

These issues were so meaningful that I talked about some of them in class during the school year. What was utterly astonishing to me was the number of students who essentially didn’t care about the damaging effects of irresponsible drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t care less about the facts and how these results can wreck their lives. For the first time in my life I started to appreciate a saying that my grandfather used to say to me all through my adolesence: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to drink.

It’s Important, Beneficial, and Liberating to Keep Away From the Unhealthy and Damaging Outcomes of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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

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