Comments on: What’s Past is Past? http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/08/14/whats-past-is-past/ A blog about women and drinking--the ups, downs and everything in between. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Yamil http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/08/14/whats-past-is-past/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Yamil Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:10:44 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=345#comment-181 Great essay! I seriously doubt you're an alcoholic, though. Binge drinking is a popular sport among teens and early adults in the U.S., and you were just being one of the kids. A drinking problem of that kinds is different from alcoholism. Great essay! I seriously doubt you’re an alcoholic, though. Binge drinking is a popular sport among teens and early adults in the U.S., and you were just being one of the kids. A drinking problem of that kinds is different from alcoholism.

]]> By: Kayla http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2009/08/14/whats-past-is-past/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Kayla Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:16:34 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=345#comment-179 Yes! I'm sick of hearing that everyone who has ever abused alcohol has to go through the same melodramatic, self-absorbed recovery program process. People are different--some of them can benefit from recovery programs, others can stop drinking so much with simple willpower, others just grow out of it. In my college, almost everyone in my class drank excessively from time to time. Should they all come out as alcoholics? Um, no. They were college students--now they're not, and very few of them have real problems with alcohol. Yes! I’m sick of hearing that everyone who has ever abused alcohol has to go through the same melodramatic, self-absorbed recovery program process. People are different–some of them can benefit from recovery programs, others can stop drinking so much with simple willpower, others just grow out of it.

In my college, almost everyone in my class drank excessively from time to time. Should they all come out as alcoholics? Um, no. They were college students–now they’re not, and very few of them have real problems with alcohol.

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