If you have not read a book on drug abuse lately, don't wait. You can also attend lectures, listen to tapes and get free information from community resources found in your phone book. If Tanya and her mother had been informed, they might have avoided some real heartache. Tanya told me that she could consume more alcohol than her friends and still not be drunk. She saw this as a strength, but it was actually the greatest clue to her addiction.
Alcoholics have a high tolerance for alcohol.
This means that someone who can consume large amounts of alcohol and not get buzzed has a different physiological reaction than the person who drinks a beer or two and feels tipsy. Problems arise when a formerly stable tolerance level changes or drink is consumed above the tolerance level. Studies reveal that if parents have a visible and vital faith, their kids will be less prone to drug abuse. Tanya started drinking wine coolers and beer but moved on to hard liquor and marijuana because they could dull her pain more quickly and effectively. Young people don't usually start with crack cocaine or heroin.