of ours were, but they hated each other and were just together for their kid's sake. That night Annie and I thought it would be fun to try a little alcohol. Earlier that day I had gone into my parent's liquor cabinet, which consisted of four bottles of Myers rum, three bottles of Tanqueray gin, two bottles of Scotch Blended Whiskey, one bottle of Absolut vodka, four bottles of a generic whiskey. I filled two twenty-ounce Coke bottles with a blend of each brand. That evening, Nick, Annie, Alexis, and myself treated our selves to forty ounces of hard alcohol. That night marked the beginning of my one-year career as an alcoholic.
             The four of us became inseparable. We drank every weekend or weeknight that we had a chance. The summer was coming up soon and we were excited at the possibility of drinking away every night for three months. We had soon realized that we had them all fooled, our parents, girlfriends or boyfriends, and our other peers. We drank almost every night that summer enjoying all of it. We thought we were unstoppable, but every good thing has to come to an end. The summer was coming to a close and we were headed off to different high schools. Nick and I were going to Don Bosco in Ramsey, New Jersey. It was an all boys' catholic high school with a very prestigious reputation. Annie and Alexis thought about going to Immaculate Heart Academy, an all girls catholic school but decided to go to the public school instead. The last night we had spent together was fun filled with lots of Myers rum and Absolut vodka. That was the last time we all hung out together as a group.
             I was a typical freshmen entering an all boy's catholic high school, nervous yet excited. I didn't have to worry about making friends, because I went into school with other seven boys from my middle school, one of whom was Nick. Those first few days of school were glorious. I met so many amazing people and ever...