Living In Alcoholic Home

Living In Alcoholic Home For many young Americans, this is simply a way of life. Alcoholism has become such a widesread problem that it seems to be an acceptable illness. Statistics show that approximately 1/3 of the high school population in the United States today either lives directly under the roof of an alcoholic parent or has an absent alcoholic parent. Alcoholism is a disease that can be passed on to your children. It is a …

…the student is allowed to graduate. The school should also provide the opportunity for the student body to hear the first hand story of a recoverying alcoholic. There is help for this disease, however, will it ever be some- thing than can be controlled by medication? I think not. It can be avoided by abstinence, however, it cannot be cured. Education is the best hope our young people have to avoid this life crippling disease.