If you ask anyone in my campus whether they consider themselves alcohol addicts, they would simply answer ‘No’. They just drink now and then, when some friend is giving a treat, or if there is some such occasion, like a job offer, or if they are just angry and frustrated. And of course, they don’t get drunk. Others around them do. They are perfectly capable of holding their drink, even up to the tenth peg!
People here are so proud of being able to hold their drink that they don’t realize that that is how addiction starts. The same high that you used to get after two pegs, now requires five. After some time it will require ten. And finally, you will end up drinking from morning till night in search of that elusive high. It will affect your studies( many people in my campus will testify to that), and wreak havoc on your family and social life, and you will probably lose at least one job after passing out.
I have heard of people in my own campus, people I know, getting into serious trouble because of their drinking. Getting caught is the least that can happen. But there have also been some pretty bad accidents. But does somebody care? Have you ever bothered telling your friends not to drink? They would probably not listen to you anyways. But have you even tried?
If you are someone who likes drinking now and then, even though you are not an alcoholic (not yet at least), you will ask me what business it is of mine to ask you not to drink. Probably none. I might not even know you. But I might know someone who does know you, someone who might even love you, care for you. Believe me, it is not so much for your sake that I’m asking you to stop. It’s for her sake. Or his. Or theirs. In a way it is for my own sake, but you probably won’t understand that.
I am putting one more link to AA here. Anyone who does not want to believe me, may visit here. It is true that people do a better job of convincing themselves, than others.
http://www.aagsoindia.org/messages.htm
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