Wrong way teen
A journalist asks, perhaps with Lindsay Lohan in mind: "Did you have a friend from childhood who took a wrong turn in high school? How did you cope with it? Also, I seek experts on the subject: What should friends and parents do?"
As is true of most people who took a "wrong" turn, it usually means they've done really stupid or bad things. "Stupid" and "bad" are hallmarks of alcohol or other-drug addiction. "Bad" usually results from a need to wield power stemming from egomania often rooted in alcohol or other-drug addiction.
Don't get me wrong--there are some fundamentally stupid and bad people. Only, without benefit of chemistry this is rare. We need to look where the odds take us.
Alcoholism-driven egomania ...
