Aric – Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?

	Aric – Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
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No more than normal teenagers do, I’ll say. Not a big drinker, didn’t take drugs for anything because I didn’t like smoke—people in my family smoke cigarettes, so I was always around it, but it just didn’t appeal to me. Even now, an occasio... Show More

No more than normal teenagers do, I’ll say. Not a big drinker, didn’t take drugs for anything because I didn’t like smoke—people in my family smoke cigarettes, so I was always around it, but it just didn’t appeal to me. Even now, an occasional drinker. When we water ski, we have celebrations, so they’re celebratory, but not for the reasons of “oh, woe is me, let me drink this away.” That just wasn’t my mantra.

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Aric – Did you ever self-medicate with alcohol and drugs?
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No more than normal teenagers do, I’ll say. Not a big drinker, didn’t take drugs for anything because I didn’t like smoke—people in my family smoke cigarettes, so I was always around it, but it just didn’t appeal to me. Even now, an occasional drinker. When we water ski, we have celebrations, so they’re celebratory, but not for the reasons of “oh, woe is me, let me drink this away.” That just wasn’t my mantra.