
My friend is an alcoholic, he cannot go a day without some sort of drink. We’re both only 15, I’m on the A honor role and I know hes a smart kid too. He just doesn’t give himself the ambition to go up and beyond. He usually drinks vodka and beer, I have no idea if his parents know about this or care. I suspect he’s taking the alcohol from his parents stash. On a given day you wouldn’t know he’d had a drink, because hes normal and blends in. Today I asked him why he was so ticked off and got irritated so easily. He said it was because he hadn’t drank anything and was sober.
I now know he drinks in the morning. He gets normal grades and doesn’t miss school. I’m not going to tell the school councilors because once they know you have any kind of problem you go to a rehab center, every kid that’s been sent there comes back with worse problems. I’m not saying all councilors are like that but the ones at my school are NOT professionals and I would never trust them.
I will not tell his parents either because they already know and won’t do anything about it or they’ll beat the crap out of him. He is not a violent kid and if he’s feeling on edge he will warn you and others to refrain him. There are many kids that do drink, mabey thats what configures him to see little wrong with this act. I did tell him when he was sober that hes smart and drinkings not good for him. Eventually when he goes back to drinking all the time, it’s that much of an adiction.
This mainly bothered me because I know I’m one of the people that he trusts and I was thinking about everyone and what they’ed grow up to be. I saw him sitting in a junky house , whatching TV with a beer can in his hand and bottles littering the house. I don’t want him to end up like that.
What do I say to him?
How can I help him?
I know kids do worse stuff in my school, but this bothered me a lot. I know he can do better.
How do I get him there?
For my reasons I realy can’t tell anyone about this because I am being kept a close eye on by the courthouse because of my parents divorce. If I admit to having contact with a friend that drinks I will be assumed of having bad qualitys.It’s complicated.
I will tell my mom who I can trust, she also has a Masters degree in psychology.
Thanks for reading.
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