A Teenager Challenges Her Drinking Classmates To Get More Information About Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism
Heather drank on a usual basis with her classmates. One Wednesday after school she began thinking about her drinking behavior and the excessive and irresponsible drinking of her friends. As a result of this, she politely asked all of her classmates the following question: "what do we truly know about alcohol abuse, alcoholism, binge drinking, and alcohol poisoning? Stated another way, how much alcoholism and alcohol abuse information do we really know? For our young age, we certainly drink a lot and I am really beginning to wonder if all of us are headed for a life filled with alcohol-related problems in the near future.
I believe that we need to go on the Internet and discover all that is possible about alcohol abuse, alcohol poisoning, alcoholism, and binge drinking. And then if we have any issues that we cannot understand after we finish our Internet research, we can go to the student health center at the college and ask Nurse Grainger to explain things to us.
It should not come as a huge surprise that what Heather said would lead to a heated discussion. For example, her best friend since the first fourth, Ivy, said that they are too young and too healthy to be concerned about drinking to an excess. Another classmate named Isaac reasoned that since most teenagers drink there is no valid reason why they should be any different. Another drinking pal named Jazmyn stated that all she wants to do is to have fun drinking with her buddies. And still another friend named Dallas in reality agreed with Heather mainly because his parents were both alcohol abusers and both of his parents had a history of alcohol related problems.
Heather openly mentioned to her buddies that she comprehended everything that they had said but that involving oneself in excessive and hazardous drinking at such a young age really cannot be very healthy or conducive toward establishing a meaningful life. When two or three of her friends asked what kind of alcohol problems Heather was referring to, Heather articulated the following: alcohol-related problems like alcohol-related traffic accidents and fatalities, alcoholism, and alcohol poisoning (which can be fatal in some instances) and alcohol-related diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver, cancer, and heart disease.
When Heather then noted that irresponsible drinking frequently results in school, financial, relationship, and legal problems, some of her friends finally began to understand how extensive and how debilitating careless and excessive drinking can be. Without a doubt some of her buddies opened up and started to tell how these alcoholism and alcohol abuse effects had affected their parents and some of their friends.
After discussing some of the alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse problems that are related to careless drinking, the majority of her drinking friends seemed to like the idea about getting information on the Internet. They were, on the other hand, hesitant to discuss their drinking behavior with anyone at school. As Heather heard this she thought to herself, "at least they want to learn more about their hazardous drinking. This is an excellent start."