Comments on: Alcohol Addiction Statistics: Facts on Drinking http://www.drug-and-alcohol-rehab-info.com/addiction/index.php/alcohol-addiction-statistics-facts-on-drinking/ Drug Treatment and Alcohol Problem Solutions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Malcolm "Fred" Gates http://www.drug-and-alcohol-rehab-info.com/addiction/index.php/alcohol-addiction-statistics-facts-on-drinking/#comment-63547 Malcolm "Fred" Gates Sun, 08 May 2011 19:31:56 +0000 http://www.drug-and-alcohol-rehab-info.com/addiction/?p=183#comment-63547 My son was xddicted to drugs and alcohol in his early teens following a severely fractured skull when he was about ten years old. The fracture started with extensive shattering at the right temple and traversed across his forehead ending at the right temple. He acquired a criminal record, most of it as a result of his drug and alcohol abuse. For more than 20 years he always was able to find good steady jobs until he was arrested for a 3rd OUI. Although the court accepted his plea to a 2nd OUI, his criminal docket was filed without the accepted change of plea resulting in an erroneous felony charge. Over the next four years this resulted in making it almost immpossible for him to find a steady job. He was financially ruined, his wife left him, and once we (his mother and me) found out bad thinggs were for him we agreed to pay his rent for a year, paid off his maxed out credit cards, pay for his health insurance and for badly needed dental work and I would provide his transportation. But Bruce was very proud and didn't want to rely on his wife or elderly parents for survivival. Our help just made things worse for him and he took his own life. He was only 48 years old. How can suicides like Bruce's be prevented? My son was xddicted to drugs and alcohol in his early teens following a severely fractured skull when he was about ten years old. The fracture started with extensive shattering at the right temple and traversed across his forehead ending at the right temple. He acquired a criminal record, most of it as a result of his drug and alcohol abuse. For more than 20 years he always was able to find good steady jobs until he was arrested for a 3rd OUI. Although the court accepted his plea to a 2nd OUI, his criminal docket was filed without the accepted change of plea resulting in an erroneous felony charge. Over the next four years this resulted in making it almost immpossible for him to find a steady job. He was financially ruined, his wife left him, and once we (his mother and me) found out bad thinggs were for him we agreed to pay his rent for a year, paid off his maxed out credit cards, pay for his health insurance and for badly needed dental work and I would provide his transportation. But Bruce was very proud and didn’t want to rely on his wife or elderly parents for survivival. Our help just made things worse for him and he took his own life. He was only 48 years old.
How can suicides like Bruce’s be prevented?

]]> By: angela hutcherson jenkins http://www.drug-and-alcohol-rehab-info.com/addiction/index.php/alcohol-addiction-statistics-facts-on-drinking/#comment-9064 angela hutcherson jenkins Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:53:10 +0000 http://www.drug-and-alcohol-rehab-info.com/addiction/?p=183#comment-9064 Here is a poem I wrote that others that visit your site might like. BEER Please tell me something Why people curse my name Why when trouble happens I'm always to blame I'm just a drink Made to quench the thirst After having several Most people behave worse I'm made from wheat Barely, rice or malt Because people enjoy me It's not my fault Some drink for courage Some drink for fun Some to look cool Some to become numb No matter the reason I'm still just a drink It's up to you to control Your actions and what you think Some people act stupid When filled with me Others laughing, some abusive I affect everyone differently Remember it's the person Who has the control? So stop making me Play the bad-guy role written by Angela Hutcherson-Jenkins Here is a poem I wrote that others that visit your site might like.

BEER

Please tell me something
Why people curse my name
Why when trouble happens
I’m always to blame

I’m just a drink
Made to quench the thirst
After having several
Most people behave worse

I’m made from wheat
Barely, rice or malt
Because people enjoy me
It’s not my fault

Some drink for courage
Some drink for fun
Some to look cool
Some to become numb

No matter the reason
I’m still just a drink
It’s up to you to control
Your actions and what you think

Some people act stupid
When filled with me
Others laughing, some abusive
I affect everyone differently

Remember it’s the person
Who has the control?
So stop making me
Play the bad-guy role

written by Angela Hutcherson-Jenkins

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