As teens don't we all "medicate" for a period?
Well, not ALL, but a lot of us as teens I am sure spent a good amount of time "partying", at least I did. To be frank I drank for a few years and pretty much gave it up. Never enjoyed booze much. Other herbal remedies, yes. But even that I stopped when I had a son.
Anyway, point is, I call "BS" on the self-medicating teen.
He is just one of those demons in society that we have to put down.
Plain and simple.
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Same here, Nymeria -- plus I had "bad" genes for drinking alcohol, i.e. alcoholism in my family. I tried really hard for a year, but after a couple of incidents (blackouts), and not ever finding a drink I really liked (Thank you, God), I feel in love with the leaf. I still miss it, but I gave it up for about 100 Lents, and I'm still abstaining, dayamit. Ah, youth!
As I said, a few threads earlier, some people are what I call "mean drunks," and that's what I said about JR from the get-go. No excuse, that, but I've only known a couple, but they bark at everybody, get mad in a hurry, etc. Thankfully, I've never known one who was ready to physically strike out or pick a fight, but the local mugshots have some folks who look like they are knee-walkers, and are booked for assault.
That's our guy -- but the mug shot folks are apparently ones who went after someone their own size. That's NOT our guy.
Stepp is one, to be sure. And JR, for starters.
