Alcohol is just as bad as drugs.
Alcohol abuse is unfortunately a lot more prevslent than drug abuse but they are both equally horrible especially for the young.
I like a drink every now and then myself but I always keep it in check. No more than two beers and no more than two drinks of hard liquor at any one time unless I am at home and not planning to go out anywhere. But those drinking occasions are becoming less and less over time. I guess the need for alochol when one gets much older decreases. And I never ever do drugs and I never ever combine alcohol with drugs because that is a true recipe for disaster. I am clean and sober and every day I feel great and ready to face a new day. I try to plan ahead. There is not a day that goes by when I thank God that he gave me great parents whose value system was traditional, with a sense of principle, most times rigid and strict but now because of it I certainly can appreciate their efforts.
Aren't we perfect.
These wonderful parents had an alcholic son who was one drink short of death who thru the grace of God and a wonderful friend...took him that night and checked him in to a rehab. He's 8 years sober. We Praise the Lord for that miracle.
Wonderful, God fearing parents can do all the right things, but that doesn't guarantee their kid won't go off to college sober and come back the same way.
My heart breaks for Ted Koppel and his family.