Case Study Of Justin's Relationship With Alcohol

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Justin was a junior in college before he was kicked out because of his addiction to alcohol. But now he’s now at rehabilitation treatment center.His family does have a relationship with alcohol and the abuse of it. He says that he was so comfortable drinking alcohol because it was always around him when he was growing up. That it was inevitable for him to drink and also become addicted to drinking it daily because his father drank every day after work and on the weekends. So he thought its was okay because his father drank a lot but still went to work.He says now he sees that his siblings have been following in footsteps and drinking habits since they have now enter college. His mother has noticed that her two other kids in college have been

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