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A friend of mine went away to college in LA and I think that he has really gone over the edge. He was raised in a very strict household with parents who were very religious and they really kept a tight hold on him when he was growing up. He wasn't allowed to do anything growing up. He was not allowed to have or even attend parties. He couldn't even go to a school dance. He was not allowed to date. His life was a little bit too restricted if you ask me. When he got accepted to a college he couldn't wait to get out on his own. He knew he would be able to make his own choices and do things his way and it was a very exciting time for him. Well, I spoke to him a few times and I knew that he was partying way more than he was studying. It sounded like drugs and alcohol were consuming his life. I spoke to him about this but he didn't listen. One night he was at a party and apparently had been drinking everything and anything he could get his hands on and using blow which only made matters worse when he decided to take a ride over to his girlfriend's house and ran a red light. He killed two people that night and needless to say he was arrested for driving under the influence and for 2 counts of vehicular manslaughter. It seems that he must have had a really good attorney and since he had a clean record they sentenced him to 2 years in a California alcohol rehab followed by another stint in mens rehab in California for a grand total of 4 years. He will go through both treatment programs one for alcohol abuse and one for the cocaine use and then they will re-evaluate his progress to determine if further treatment is necessary. The saddest part is that he still has not told his parents about his situation, and I am not really sure he ever will. I just can't imagine being in this type of situation and not being able to tell your parents, but he is truly afraid that they are going to disown him, and I don't think that he could deal with that right now.

He calls me pretty regularly to talk, and I am doing my best to try and provide him with some much needed counsel. I am just glad that he is finally getting some much needed help.