Alcohol Dependence: Underage Drinking Stan Bailey Hank Williams Jr. recorded a song years ago titled Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound. At one time, that song was a fairly good description of my life. There are many things in modern society that influence our life, some good, and some bad. As the song implies, one of the negative influences that society had on my life was alcohol dependence. Alcohol dependence results from many different factors, one …showed first 75 words of 464 total…

…showed last 75 words of 464 total…are four times more likely to become alcohol dependent than those who delay drinking until age 21. As you can clearly see, alcohol dependence, especially underage drinking, which is prevalent in our society has had a tremendous negative influence on my life. If you will listen to someone who has been alcohol dependant, then I strongly urge you not to ever take that first drink. You never know, you might develop the same problem I had.