Alcohol Addicted

Some people might argue with me about if someone is an alcoholic ore not.
In 1997 I took a bartender course because I wanted to learn more about alcohol.
At that time I was 27 and I thought to an extend that it was a bit glamorous too.
Mainly that was because I had seen the movie Cocktail with Tom Cruise. So I took the course and passed with flying colors had no idea that I would learn so much about the alcohols affect on the human body. I also learnt how to detect an alcoholic behavior.
It might start when you are young, going out to party on the weekends. After some time you don’t think about the fun planning in going out, you are thinking I have to go out, often with alcohol in mind. Ore if you are a daily drinker, you want that beer to your dinner. When you feel that you HAVE to have that beer, no matter what-then you have an addiction. Some people might argue and say; no I don’t have a problem. It doesn’t matter what they say because I know that I am right. Some people are already into the addiction and might not recognize the problem that it causes. With family and friends, the life that use to be more worth to them than the alcohol. There is also another risk with alcohol that I have gotten to know very well. Drinking and driving. I have been in two serious car accidents where the car that either hit us ore was driven by someone-had been drinking and driving. The first car accident, a friend of mine had been drinking the night before. He and his girlfriend picked me up in the morning without telling me that he had been drinking heavily the night before. On the way back home, my friend wanted to pass a car that he thought went too slow. He accelerated and started to pass the car. What he did not see was that the car in front of that was towing another car. By that time he did not have time to slow down and the crash was a fact. The last thing I saw was the image of the other car come closer and closer and then everything went black. When I woke up again I was sitting by the side of the road. I was in shock. I was convinced that my friend and his girlfriend were killed even though they were sitting right next to me, trying to comfort me. I was brought into the ER for shock. The police called me at the hospital and informed me that my two friends were ok but my friend that was driving, was detained because he had alcohol in his blood. He had been drinking the night before and still had 0.45 percent alcohol in his blood the day after. They never said anything to me. My friend felt really bad that he had caused me going into the His insurance company contacted me regarding getting money from the accident. I declined any money because I thought that there would be a greater lesson learned for my friend. The lesson that alcohol and driving don’t go together. I told him, this time you were lucky but next time you might not be and instead you will either kill yourself ore someone else. We three lost contact but I hope that he never did that again. Everyone has a choice, to stay away from drinking and driving. If they choose to take the car when they have been drinking, then they should not have been drinking in the first place. I don’t think that those people realize what a split second can do. It can change lifes.It can take life’s. I know that breaking an addiction of any kind might be the toughest challenge you have ever had. But it is worth it. In return you get your life back. And more important, you won’t take another life. Family and friends suffer when a family member have alcoholism. As in so many other types of addiction, you can’t help them if they don’t want to be helped. The most successful step is if the alcoholic admits that they have a problem and after that gets support and help from people around them in order to break that habit. It takes a lot of courage and strength but what you get in return is worth it. I would never call anyone stupid , people know within themselves if they have a problem ore not.I hope that you are ready to take that step. Just think twice about what you do when it comes to alcohol. That can change your life. I hardly ever drink and when I do, I stop after one ore two drinks. I don’t enjoy getting drunk, I like being in control of myself when it comes to alcohol. I know that it is not worth it. I have been lucky in the past and I don’t want to be the one who causes anyone else any pain. If you know that you need help there is help to get. The first step is to recognize and admit that you have a problem. The next step is to tell your family and friends about your habit. Step three is to seek help.