Native Americans using alcohol as a coping method leads to their ambitions lowering. This is prevalent in young Native teens. Alcohol is seen as a social norm in young teens, including Native Americans. Because Native teens are more disadvantaged than other races, they “are at greater risk to be involved with alcohol and drugs at an early age and are more likely to drop out of school as a result” (Collins). Alcohol causes the Native teens to be okay with settling for less and less. It temporarily fill their unhappiness. However, because drinking is so common on reservations, Natives end up staying in the reservations instead of trying to succeed outside of the reservation. Victor’s father is an example of a man who fell into the hole of alcoholism.Whenever