My Brothers Choice essays

My Brothers Choice essays Drug abuse In the United States of America, we, the people value several things, some of which are freedom, expanding and taking care of our families and our financial security. We, the people, take such things for granted. We also discourage some behavior, such as crime, laziness and use of illegal drugs. Drug abuse is one of the most discouraged behaviors in our country. Use of illegal drugs is harmful to the user and ~~~ those with whom the user comes in contact. I have a brother that is an alcoholic and user of crack cocaine. As a child he was a loner. He had very few friends, but he mostly kept to himself. When we were growing up, yes my parents both drank, and we had to go through the weekends of parties, hanging out that our parents did. However, my brother was the only one who waited up to see if mom and dad would get home. Perhaps thats when he started to drink. He was a functioning alcoholic since his youth and no one knew. The most popular drug in America, alcohol, is gener~~~y thought of as soci~~~y acceptable and relatively harmless. But it can have devastating effects. Alcohol might seem very harmless but it can harm the user very easily. Alcohol was and continues to be easy to obtain and consume. It is taken as a beverage and, since it is legal, it can be purchased at the corner store. In New York where we grew up, drinking wine was the fad to most of the teens in our era the 60s and 70s. Most of the kids I saw drinking norm~~~y drank a lot in the mornings and weeknights. I never saw my brother drinking, but knew he acted different from the rest of us. My brother was very close to our mother, so when she died he absolutely lost it. He became even more distant and the drinking increased to the point that we could no longer tolerated his behavior. I did not understand his problem, until I became an adult. He was more than a social drinker. Rationalizations and intel...