Jennifer didn’t begin drinking until 18 years of age. She comes from a family drinkers, and while she never drank, she now knows she was a “dry drunk” – an alcoholic who wasn’t drinking, even though she had never tasted alcohol...
Category - Young People/College
Disappear
Josh ended his drinking at age 15. But his first drink was at age 8 or 9, when he and other kids discovered a stash of alcohol in their church basement. He loved it from the very first taste. He was able to acquire alcohol...
Good Night
Matt was a young drinker; so young, in fact, he got sober at age 19. He hails from a large family of alcoholics and spent his whole young life believing that alcoholism was a normal way of life. But it also caused him to feel...
Dad Smoked
Raoul is a 15 year-old young man in recovery. His favorite drug to use was marijuana. He began experiencing marijuana at three; he would get a contact high when his father smoked it around him. At age 11, Raoul and his friend...
Youngest Ever
Yoni’s first AA meeting was at age 13. He might just be the youngest person in recovery, ever. Yoni says his behavior was horrible as a young child, which he now thinks he did because he felt like a loner who never fit in. ...
I Was A Garbage Head
Spencer grew up in a nice neighborhood, but remembers his parents and other family members constantly in emotional turmoil. It often lead Spencer to escape to his grandparents home for quiet time but the troubles were too much;...
My Friend Meth
Amanda first known addiction was with alcohol. She fell in love with booze the moment the first drop touched her lips. She became a blackout drinker; aiming to drink so much she could not remember what happened or what she might...
Sober By Sixteen
Ron grew up in a normal household. His was not a family of addicts. Rob’s family did drink, but they didn’t abuse alcohol. He was introduced to alcohol at an early age, and from that moment he liked the way it made...
Never Made it to the Keg Party
Tom’s first drink was at age sixteen. At the time. he viewed getting drunk as a rite of passage. But now, Tom blames his father who to this day is still an active drinker. Because his dad drank so heavily, Tom grew up...
Easy for a Minor to Obtain
Charlie first started drinking at age 12 and got sober by nineteen. That first drink came in his mother’s kitchen, when he swiped two swigs of vodka. Charlie thought it tastes horrible but within a coupe of weeks he was...