Diane drank quite frequently with her buddies. One Wednesday after school she began thinking about the amount of alcohol she drank during a typical week and the excessive and irresponsible drinking of her buddies. As a consequence of this, she nicely asked all of her drinking friends the following question: “what do we really know about binge drinking, alcohol poisoning, alcoholism, and alcohol abuse? Stated more precisely, how much alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse information do we really know? For our young age, we certainly drink in an abusive manner and I am starting to wonder if all of us are headed for a life filled with alcohol-related issues down the road.

I think that we should go on the Internet and find out all we can about binge drinking, alcohol abuse, alcohol poisoning, and alcoholism. And then if we have any nagging issues that we can’t understand after we conclude our web research, we can take a hike to the student health center at the college and ask Nurse Horrick to help us understand what we can’t comprehend.”

It Shouldn’t Come as a Huge Surprise That What Diane Mentioned Would Instigate a Heated Discussion

It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise that what Diane articulated would result in a heated discussion. For example, her closest friend since the third grade, Christine, said that they are too healthy and too young to be concerned about excessive drinking. Another buddy named Larry figured that since most high school students drink there’s no rational reason why they should be any different. Another classmate named Beatrice said that all she wants to do is to have fun drinking with her friends. And still another buddy named Theodore in reality agreed with Diane primarily because his parents were both alcohol abusers and both of his parents had a history of alcohol related issues.

Diane openly told her buddies that she comprehended everything that they had said but that engaging in unhealthy and abusive drinking at such an early age really can’t be very healthy or conducive toward establishing a meaningful life. When a couple of her buddies asked what kind of alcohol problems Diane was referring to, Diane listed the following: alcohol-related diseases such as heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver, and cancer and other alcohol-related problems like alcohol-related traffic accidents and fatalities, alcohol poisoning (which can be fatal in some instances), and alcoholism.

Irresponsible and Excessive Drinking Frequently Results in Drinking Problems

When Diane then mentioned that irresponsible and abusive drinking often results in legal, relationship, financial, and school problems, some of her drinking buddies finally began to comprehend how widespread and how damaging careless and excessive drinking can be. Undeniably some of her friends became more “open” and started to disclose how these alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse effects had affected some of their friends and their parents.

After outlining some of the alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse problems that are related to unhealthy drinking, the majority of her pals seemed to agree to the idea about getting information on the web. They were, however, hesitant to discuss their drinking situations with the administrators at school. As Diane heard this she thought to herself, “at least they want to learn more about their hazardous and irresponsible drinking. This is a fantastic start.”

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