"Twenty-five percent of students, however, come to college with a family history of alcoholism. They enter a culture in which abusive drinking is taken for granted...........
Those who are in any way predisposed to alcohol dependency, whether through genetic vulnerability, a history of trauma, or a lack of confidence which makes it difficult to resist social pressure to drink, and those who find in alcohol relief from internal and external pressures, may remember their college drinking as something that started out fun but led to tremendous suffering. " p. 100
"When teenagers rely on alcohol or drugs to ease anxiety, they lose the opportunity to develop healthy strategies for managing mood swings and making friends, and to develop skills that lead to sturdy self-confidence." p. 107
I invite any thoughts readers of this thread may have on these quotes. It really helps me, personally, to understand WHY I turned to AL with such fervor, WHY I have almost let it ruin me, WHY I can't seem to cope with life without it. I have to believe that there is a more complex reason then that I am simply weak, foolish, an addict.. or whatever. I am an intelligent person, yet I walked down this road, one step at a time. Here I am 33 years old, trying to pick up the pieces.
Thoughts anyone?:h
Oh yeah, apparently a Catholic upbringing is also associated with heavy drinking in girls.. I guess I have that going against me as well. Not to mention the cultural influences of growing up in WI. The list grows longer...
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