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Feb 01, 2012, 04:17 AM
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Member Since: Oct 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 6,543
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They're worried about you turning 21 because you're becoming legal today, and they probably think you'll get trashed! 
Obviously you have an addictive personality since you've had problems with drugs & alcohol. The fact that you're "doing better" at the moment doesn't say alot. To be truthful, you really shouldn't be drinking at all -- I think you know that you will undoubtedly get drunk again sometime in the future.
Drugs and alcohol kill. It's not just in car accidents either. They RUIN your bodily organs. Right now, you're killing brain cells -- and these cells will NOT regenerate. You are also doing damage to your liver. Alcohol is filtered by the liver -- and after a time, the liver just cannot handle it anymore and it becomes severely damaged to the point that it quits functioning. You cannot survive without a liver. Alcohol also damages the kidneys & bladder, among other things. Studies have shown that it can play a part in esophagael cancer -- that's what my husband died of. He was a recovering alcoholic, with 12 years sobriety when he died.
People are worried about you -- and they love you. Why not try some NA or AA meetings? They are really great! You won't find winos there. You'll find people just like YOU there -- young and old people, who have problems just like you. Don't wait until you're old and sick to go. It might be too late by then.  Life is a blast sober -- I'm a recovering alcoholic too, and I've never had more fun!!
Think about the hangovers, the guilt, shame, feeling sick. You don't have to feel like that anymore. I wish you the very best. God bless & take care. Hugs, Lee 
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