Diane drank quite excessively on a usual basis with her drinking buddies. One Thursday after all her classes were completed, she began thinking about the amount of alcohol she had on a regular basis and the abusive drinking of her drinking pals. As a result of this, she civilly asked all of her classmates the following question: “what do we really know about alcoholism, binge drinking, alcohol abuse, and alcohol poisoning? Stated more precisely, how much alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse information do we really know? For our young age, we obviously drink a great deal and I am really starting to wonder if all of us are headed for a life filled with alcohol-related problems when we become adults.

I think we need to go online and learn all that is possible about alcoholism, alcohol abuse, alcohol poisoning, and binge drinking. And then if we have any relevant issues that we don’t comprehend after we complete our web research, we can go to the student health center at the college and ask Nurse Urbanic to help us understand what we can’t comprehend.”

It Shouldn’t Come as a Great Surprise That What Diane Discussed Would Set Off a Heated Discussion

It shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that what Diane said would start a heated discussion. For instance, her closest friend since the third grade, Shayla, said that they are too young and too healthy to be concerned about excessive drinking. Another drinking friend named Will claimed that since most teenagers drink there’s no good reason why they should be any different. Another buddy named Payton stated that all she wants to do is to have fun drinking with her buddies. And still another classmate named Luca essentially agreed with Diane primarily because his parents were both alcohol abusers and both of his parents had a history of alcohol related problems.

Diane openly stated to her classmates that she “got” everything that they had said but that involving oneself in irresponsible and excessive drinking at such an early age in truth can’t be very healthy or something that contributes toward establishing a meaningful life. When a couple of her drinking buddies asked what kind of alcohol issues Diane was talking about, Diane listed the following: alcohol-related problems like alcohol-related traffic accidents and fatalities, alcoholism, and alcohol poisoning (which can be fatal in some instances) and alcohol-related diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, cancer, and heart disease.

Irresponsible and Excessive Drinking Usually Results in Drinking Problems

When Diane then articulated that excessive and abusive drinking typically results in relationship, financial, school, and legal problems, some of her friends finally started to understand how extensive and how devastating excessive and abusive drinking can be. Indeed, some of her drinking friends became more “open” and began divulging how these alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse effects had adversely affected their parents and some of their friends.

After outlining some of the alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse problems that are related to hazardous and abusive drinking, the vast majority of her friends seemed to like the idea about getting information on the Internet. They were, however, leery about discussing their drinking situations with anyone at school. As Diane heard this she thought to herself, “at least they are open to finding out more about their hazardous and abusive drinking. This is a great start.”