It’s a natural reality of teenage life: drinking happens at parties. Although you’re underage, and you’ve heard the lectures about drinking alcohol as a teenager, you know you won’t survive your teen years without showing up to at least one party.
It’s the first Friday night of the summer, and you’ve scored an invite to the hottest summer party. You know your crush will be there, and this would be the perfect opportunity for some one on one time, but you also know what goes on at these parties, and you aren’t talking watching movies and eating popcorn
“Yes!” it is possible to become a teenage alcoholic. Alcoholism, or Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), is when someone can’t manage how much or how frequently they drink alcohol. As a result, alcohol has a negative effect on their life.
It happens every year. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving, students everywhere look forward to Spring Break. A week-long break from school in the middle of the spring is a little taste of freedom for students before summertime comes. According to television and movies, this time should be filled with wild adventures and partying. The reality of Spring Break, for most, is very different.
The voices get louder and louder and you hear the sound of glass breaking. The door to your room is closed and you cover your head with your pillow as you lie on your bed. Fear washes over you as tears begin to flow freely… There is nothing that you did to cause your parents’ drinking.
