i began drinking freshman year in high school.
 
i drank regardless of the times being "tough" or "not tough".
 
the chemical i used was alcohol.
 
i experienced physical, emotional and mental suffering from using alcohol.
 
alcohol disrupted my life at all times during my use of it.
 
i stopped using alcohol, by discovering the reason i was using it.

i feel exponentially better now that i have stopped using alcohol.
 
i have not had a relapse, since i discovered the reason i was using alcohol.

in high school, on the weekends, i would spend time with my friends.
 
spending time with my friends was happy and exciting.
 
sometimes, we would drink alcohol.
 
through-out high school and college, the same components and pattern(or causes and conditions) remained in place: friends, happiness, excitement and alcohol.
 
these were 4 separate things that, out of ignorance, i began to confuse.
 
when i wanted to quit drinking alcohol, i could not figure out why i could not stop.
 
i found the book "the alcohol and addiction cure" by chris prentiss.
 
after reading it, i applied the knowledge and was able to quit drinking.
 

 
may everyone who reads this interview benefit from it.

sincerely,
dom/sloth