When I was a sophomore in high school, I took a drug abuse class. At that age, I did not realize that alcohol abuse actually was a sub category 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 all through the world. I also learned a lot about alcohol rehab and the diverse alcohol rehab centers that are habitually available to individuals who engage in abusive drinking.

Some of the negative effects related to alcoholism and alcohol abuse that I learned about in this class undeniably alarmed me. The ruined lives and abundant problems experienced by most alcoholics made me feel like I never wanted to drink alcohol when I became old enough. Stated briefly, I did not want to face the wreckage and destruction that alcohol addicted people almost always encounter.

Think about this for a moment. What fifteen-year-old individual 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 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 stop 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 a person 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 irresponsible drinking?

These issues were so important that I talked about some of them in class throughout the school year. What was utterly unbelievable to me was the number of students who simply didn’t care about the negative effects of irresponsible drinking that I discussed. It was almost as if they couldn’t be bothered with the truth and how these results can shatter their lives. For the first time in my life I started to appreciate a saying that my grandfather used to say to me throughout my youth: you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

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