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I felt like alcohol cheapened my relationships.

Ayla Bennett (US Army, 2004-Present) describes how her drinking affected her relationships with family and colleagues.

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I felt like alcohol

cheapened my relationships

with potential partners.

It did not help my relationship

with my family.

I didn't tell them.

I didn't talk about it

with anybody.

I wasn't proud of

my alcohol consumption.

I recall recognizing

that it was a lot

and that I didn't

want to get in trouble also,

because in the beginning

I was under 21. I honestly

do not remember how I got

it, but I got it all the time.

And my relationships

in the early stages

of my career,

they were cheap.

They were shallow

relationships. I,

I don't recall connecting

deeply with anybody.

And with, we’re all,

being so young,

it wasn't the

time or place to

have committed

long term relationships.

I don't think

I respected myself enough

to even pursue that.

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