Drug Addiction Stories

I started drinking when I was about 12. Both of my parents drank so there was always plenty of beer in the house. Mom and Dad worked but when they got home, the drinking started and so did the arguing. God, I hated to listen to that day after day. By the end of the night, I would be drawn into the arguing. They would either argue about me or something I was supposed to do or should do. So, one day before they got home from work, I grabbed a beer out of the refrigerator just to see what all of the fuss was about. I didn’t even finish that beer and I was feeling the effects. I understood why they called it a buzz. That night, when my parents argued, I thought it was kind of funny.

One beer soon became two and before I knew it I could down a six pack without thinking twice about it. By the time I was 16 I was drinking 10 cans of beer a night. I wasn’t doing real well in school and I had missed so many days that the school was threatening truancy action. I did get my driver’s license though which meant my friends and I could go cruising and drinking. So, that’s just what we did. I thought it was so cool…I thought I was so cool.

One of my teachers took me aside one day and asked if I was using drugs or alcohol. Of course, I never answered her. I just said “It’s no big deal” and walked away. That same night, my friends and I went out driving (and, of course, drinking). We had the music up and were laughing. We were having what I thought then was a good time. I was going around a curve and I reached back to grab a beer when I saw the truck’s headlights coming right at us. The next thing I knew it was 4 days later and I was in a hospital. My entire body hurt so badly I started to cry. They said I had a concussion, 3 broken ribs and a fractured pelvis. I also found out my best friend who was next to me in the front seat had died. I felt like dying too. How could I have been so stupid? I almost killed myself and I did kill my best friend. I have to live with that every day of my life, but I live with it sober now. I may have thought drinking was no big deal, but losing my friend sure was.