by Anderson Mancini In high school, my brother and his classmates were shocked when the principal, in a broken voice over the loudspeaker, announced that one of their classmates had been killed in a car wreck the night before. He was only seventeen years old. Perhaps ironically, many of those who are the offenders- the very ones who are drunk and behind the wheel, often survive without even so much as a scratch on them. This leaves so many of us feeling hurt, ashamed, angry and heartbroken. How could someone be so irresponsible? We question the motives behind each incident and wonder what we could have done beforehand to have helped the situation have a different outcome. For some people, drinking is a learned habit from the household that they are in. For instance, from a young age (probably around 11 years old), one of my best friends (who I’m still friends with to this day) had parents who liked to party. It was not uncommon to see them hosting a party at their gigantic house ...