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GREG AND MARY’S MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ALCOHOL

It seemed like a match made in heaven. Mary and Greg were neighbors growing up who started dating in high school. Their interests were similar, they had the same sense of humor, and they never argued. Both were athletic. Mary was the class president, and Greg was the vice president. Both were good people. In spite of being very popular, they were not mean to and did not pick on the younger students. Greg liked to volunteer at his local church with children from broken homes. Mary liked to spend time with her younger siblings and provided a good role model for them. But nobody realized that the two of them had a secret hobby hidden from everyone else. Greg worked at a local supermarket, and once a week he would create a fake sale for a fifth of vodka before he left for the day. He would pay his money to the cash register to make it impossible for his boss to notice, and smuggle the bottle out after work. Sometimes Mary would also have her sister get her a 12-pack of beer to augment the vodka. Then Greg and Mary would drive about 60 miles up to Greg’s family’s vacation home (if no one was staying there) on Saturday morning and drink all day. Sometimes they’d invite a group of friends up to the vacation home to party. If they couldn’t go to the vacation home, they’d find other ways to drink together.

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The Young Adult Drug Library: Alcohol