I WAS an underaged alcoholic, and lost my best friend in the whole world because of it, please help.   Author:  17204  Category:(General Advice) Created:(4/2/2002 9:28:00 PM) This post has been Viewed (704 times) Alright, heres my situation...and some history on it. Im 17 and I have been best friends with Whitney since we were 5, thats 12 years..a long, long, long time. I moved to Wa when I was 14 and our friendship only got stronger even though shes still in Cali, until this summer that is..now we are not allowed to speak... Rewind to this past summer, I spent the whole summer in Ca and like every day with whitney. Well, we got into some trouble, hanging out with the wrong crowd, making stupid decissions, drinking, smoking, lying, sneaking guys in or sneaking out. Our summer was one big party. Looking back, we had a real problem, but at the time, neither of us realized it. Well, I went back home in September for school and in october nothing had changed, we were still partying, just not together anymore. Her parents went out one night and she had a party at her house and got alcohol poisoning. Her parents found her latter after everyone was gone, passed out in the hall way, she had fallen, and hit her head. So they took her to the emergancy room and she was ok. Her sister who is 18 told her parents EVERYTHING that she had been doing, and since I was a big part of it for a while there, her sister told them how we had been drunk like all summer long. I mean she went into great detail, about how whitney had passed out in my grandmas bathroom, how we had snuck guys over, ect. Whitneys parents called my parents and told them, they also told my parents that they wanted her to have NO contact with me. Well, since then, Whitney and I have both had a lot of growing up to do. I hvnt had a sip since october, even though i crave it often. I didnt realize what a probelm I had till I couldnt drink. Man, its so hard, sometimes, I want to sooooo bad. We have a pact never to drink again until we are of legal age and even then to do it moderately. Her parents still hate me, they think that all of this is my fault. I miss my best friend, we keep in contact through email but that is it. Whenever i go to cali to visit, Im not allowed to see her. Sneaking around is too hard and would make things worse if we got caught, her parents dont trust us enough as it is. I need some advice, what do I do? I admit I made a horrible mistake by doing what ive done, but thats exactly what it was, a mistake, I am learning. I was headed down the wrong path but I changed roads and so did whitney, why cant they realize this? My parents have, they wish we could still hang out and they think its sad. How do we make Whitneys parents see this? How can we get them to see that this isn't fair. Please dont judge me, I am sorry for what i have done, I just want my best friend back. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click here Scroll all the way down to read replies. Show all stories by   Author:  17204 ( Click here ) Spring is coming