Quinten S. - Sober 2 Years

Like many alcoholics, Quinten S. started drinking in his mid-adolescence amidst a chaotic home life. Alcoholism was not prevalent in his immediate family, but the vestiges from earlier generations were there nonetheless. Quinten’s alcohol use escalated quickly during his late teens, along with regular use of marijuana. In high school and later college, his use quickly turned into serious abuse of both substances. And though he stopped smoking weed to abide by the rules in his living arrangement, his drinking picked up to take its place. Finding himself a daily drinker, Quinten hid his growing functional alcoholism by drinking in...