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The Nature of Underage Drinking

kvm05@fsu.edu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Underage alcohol use is a sweeping problem with serious health and safety repercussions for the Nation. A substantial number of young people begin drinking before the age of 13, which frequently results in alcohol abuse or dependence. The highest prevalence of alcohol dependence is among people ages 18-20. The conclusion being that the impetus is on parents and people in the community to educate children about the dangers of underage drinking and the consequences tha [...]

Drug Rehab: A Success Story

kvm05@fsu.edu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

The prospect of seeking treatment for your addiction can be daunting. You can never know what to expect. However, many people get help for their addictions everyday and the following is a success story from one such person that I hope will inspire others to make a change in their life and get the help they need:

"I feel like a new person today, then when I first arrived. My thinking has changed dramatically. My view on life has changed. [...]

Alcohol: It's Not as Harmless as it Seems

kvm05@fsu.edu — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Alcohol is ranked much more harmful than the Class A drug Ecstasy in a new classification system proposed by a team of leading scientists. The team identified three main factors that together determine the harm associated with any drug of potential abuse: the physical harm to the individual user caused by the drug; the tendency of the drug to induce dependence and addiction; and the effect of drug use on families, communities, and society. Many people scoff at t [...]

Realization

mrniceguys_knives@yahoo.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Over time an addict will start feeling horrible about what they are doing to the point to where they are depressed on a day to day basis. Because they are starting to realize that what they are doing is wrong, hurtful, and humiliating. They end up losing everything that they have including honesty with the family and friends, stuff that they own, all of the money, and most importantly the ability to even care about themselves as a person. But the addict needs to realize that they need help to ge [...]

Addictive personality

mrniceguys_knives@yahoo.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Ya know when I was younger my mom told me to never start using drugs because not only were they harmfull but because I could possibly have a addictive personality. She told me that because a lot of my family members were once addited to either drugs or alcohol. Like her herself, my father, my grandfather, and a lot of my uncles were all once addicted to a substance or alcohol. So instead of listening to her I started to do a lot of partying which led to using drugs and drinking alcohol to excess [...]

Its sad to see you like that!!

mrniceguys_knives@yahoo.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100

Its really sad when I see people that are so naïve that they cannot not realize what they are going through. So i do the only thing that I can think of, and that is try to help them. And that’s why I work at a drug rehab. It is so rewarding to help people through there addiction. So when people ask me what I do for a job, I easily say that I help save lives. I think that I can really help better than others cause I’ve been been in the same situation that they were in before

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