Young and AlcoholicBefore I knew it I was a full-fledged teenager.I was 16 years old, a Sophomore in High School and I had the magic ticket. I was 16 and I had a Drivers License. I could now drive to get my Alcohol at the Liquor Store. I was 16 years old behind the wheel of a car and many times I was driving drunk. Driving drunk is no small issue. Anything could happen driving drunk. And you could end up paying for your error in judgement: driving drunk for the rest of your life. Somehow God spared me from a car accident, or a something worse, injuring or killing another driver on the road. I could now get drunk anytime I had the money to buy buy beer and liquor. I could drive my parents car to the Liquor Store and buy beer and booze. Back in "those days," the drinking age was 18. It didn't take long to find the Liquor stores that would sell to a 16 year -old or take a friend along who was 18 who would buy the "booze." | Alcholism, Alcoholic, Alcoholic Problems, Alcoholic Drinking, AA, Recovering Alcoholic, Binge Drinking, Alcoholic Help, Alcoholic Symptoms, Alcoholism. |
My friends and I found all the Liquor stores in our town and the neighboring towns that would sell to us. The trick was not to go to the same Liquor store to buy your beer and bottles of Jose Cuervo and Jack Daniels at the same store. You had to spread your abuse of Alcohol around a little or a Liquor store manager might decide, "Hey this kid is here every other day, we can't sell any more booze to this guy." If you dropped in once in a while, no problem, the Liquor stores would sell to you. You get the picture. So I was 16, had some wheels, and could go buy my "drug of choice," Alcohol.
Becoming Alcoholic
Becoming a teenage alcoholic was a process. I did not know at the time that I was becoming an Alcoholic, all I knew was I was drinking every chance I could. I was 16 years old, I could buy at the liquor stores, I had friends who liked to drink like I did - life was good!" Life was one big party. No parent, no teacher, no adult to stop me or get in my way, I just drank and drank, and of course I drank like an Alcoholic - to get completely wasted, blown away, totally drunk. But to me this started to seem like okay behavior. I was still going to school. I was still getting "A" and "B" grades in all my classes. I was not in trouble with the law - yet. ( Legal problems were yet to come. ) I had no idea what was really in store for me, but in a few short years my life would soon be in an Alcoholic whirlwind. Alcoholism was getting it's grip on me and I did not even know it. All I knew was I that I was having a good time at parties. All the drinking made me into someone else. I was now a "cool" guy and I had friends. Friends who liked to do what I liked to do; partying and drinking and experimenting with all the drugs I could get my hands on. This was all new and very exciting for me, not to mention "fun." I was escaping from reality and I liked it. Alcohol was still my number one "drug of choice," but soon I would have many new choices to choose from in the world of drug abuse.
Out of Conrol TeenagerI need to digress for just a moment, but touch on a very important topic and factor in my Alcoholic development. Even before I was in the midst of becoming a teenage alcoholic. I found some new friends to get "High" with: Marijauna and Presciption Drugs. Even before I had my drivers license, I found other ways to get "stoned" and "high." I was probably age 14 and 15 and I had my first hit of marijuana. I found some new loves to add to my arsenal of weapons to get "drugged" with. |
Marijuana was easy enough to find, some one always had it at parties, or at school. All it took was a joint of marijuana and I was getting that great feeling of getting "high." I guess it was all part of escape from everyday reality. To be honest I have no idea what it was really about, all I knew at the time was I was having a "good time." I had friends who would get there hands on prescription drugs from their parents medicine cabinets, Percocet, Amphetamines, Valium, soon all became my friends. There was nothing better than taking a percocet or two, smoking some marijuana and drinking a couple beers ..... At 14 or 15 years of age, after taking that combination of drugs and alcohol I was flying high and I didn't have a care in the world. I was a kid at this point and I had no idea what was what lay ahead. I was on a path to distroy my life, but I had no notion of the damage my drinking would cause me and those people around me who loved me. I was drinking to get Drunk. There is no other way to put it. I was laying the foundation for a lifetime of pain and suffering. Why me? I still to this day don't know the answer to this question. I have to view Alcoholic drinking and Alcoholism as a disease. A genetic defect that some people have. I know Alcoholism runs in families. I had An Alcoholic parent, but that is another topic for another page. All I can tell you is drinking to get drunk at such a young age is a recipe for disaster. And it proved to be so for me and my life. If you have a loved one who is drinking and drugging at a young age, do what ever it takes to get them into a Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program. No matter how much they resist, and they will. You have to do everything in your power to help save their lives. |
Alcoholism is a serious disease, and it kills people who do not seek Alcoholic Treatment. Stop your Alcoholic drinking, go to the page for AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, and find a meeting near you. Stop drinking just for a couple hours and go to an AA, Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
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