Adolescent Alcohol
Abuse
Brandi Nichols
George Shafer
Jesus Montoya
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Adolescence
 Series
of Challenges
– Puberty, Identity, Social Acceptance
 Changes
& Development
– Intellectual, Physical, Emotional
“Everyone Else is Doing It, Why Can’t I”
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Problems & Pressures
 Leading
Contributor to Injury Death
 Becomes
a Disorder during Life Span
 Increasing
 Academic
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Social Status with Peers
Performance & Distress
“Time is never wasted when your
wasted all the time”
Personal Stories
 Fake
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ID Stories
Personal Stories
 Peer
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Pressure
Data on Alcohol Consumption
 75%
of 12th graders
 66% of 10th graders
 40% of 8th graders
Binge Drinking
 11% of 8th graders
 22% of 10th graders
 29% of 12 graders
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Effects on Academics
 Reduction
in Academic Performance
– Grades, Attendance, Truancy, Discipline
 Loss
of interest in Activities
– Sports, Clubs, Family Events
“When I read about the evils of drinking,
I gave up reading”
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Physical Effects
 Hangovers
 Regrettable
Behaviors
– Arguments, Vandalism, Crime, Assault
 Sexual
Activity
 Death
– Automobile Accident, Alcohol Poisoning
“Don’t drink and drive, you might hit a
bump and spill your drink”
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What is Alcoholism?
 Alcohol
dependence is the medical term
for alcohol addiction or alcoholism
 One
of the most pervasive serious
disorders in the U.S.
 Costs,
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treatment & medical conditions
– $50 billion/year
– $100 billion/year in lost productivity
Contributing Factors
 External
Family Pressures
– Peer Pressure & Social Acceptance
 Pop
Culture
– Movies, Music, Television, Celebrities
 Family
Distress & Academic Pressure
– Issues in family cohesiveness
– Low academics and lack of motivation
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Alleviating Factors
 Parental
Support & Monitoring
– Knowing where adolescents are at
– Attending adolescent activities
 Family
Cohesiveness/Communication
– Family Bond is strong & positive
– Minimizing Peer Pressure
 Not
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depended on family ed./income
– Social Economic Status not a factor
Short Term Effects
 Adolescents
addicted to alcohol
quicker than adults
 Quitting
Extracurricular Activities
– Sports, clubs, pets, family events
 Alcohol
related automobile accidents
– Leading cause of death & disabilities
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Short Term Effects
 Increase
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likelihood of punitive actions
– Crime
– Delinquency
– Truancy
– Sexual Activity (unprotected)
– Depression
– Anger Management
– Academic Performance
– Dropping out of School
– Neurological Damage
Long Term Effects
 Consequences
– Health, Family, Goals, Careers
 Addiction
& Dependency
– Affecting Cost of Living & Life Choices
 Low
Academic Achievement
– Affecting Social Status & Professional Skills
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Long Term Effects
 Health
Risks
– Liver, Cirrhosis, Weight Gain, Blood Pressure
– Damage to Neurological Connections
– Irreplaceable at a mature & advanced age
 Limit
to Lifestyle & Activities
– Appearance, Self Image, Attitude to others
 Increase
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Dependency Coping Mechanism
Legal Issues
 Crime
– Theft, Assault, Battery & Murder
 Drunk
Driving
– Jail, Attorney, Insurance, Vehicle Repairs
 Abusive
Behavior
– Threat, Harassment, Aggressiveness
 Discipline
at School
– Fighting, Stealing, Vandalism & Truancy
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Video Clip
 Teen
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Drinking Kills Video
Real Stories
 Drunk
in Class
 Drinking & Cycling
 Experimental Drinking
 Choosing to abstain
 Audience Shares
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Real Stories
 Audience
Play
“Buy you a drink”
by T-Pain
Resources
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Drug & Alcohol Abuse Info/Ref
Nat. Inst. on Drug & Alcohol Abuse
(800) 729-6686 available 24 hours
Referral to alcohol & drug prevention &
treatment program & services
Southern Ca. Alcohol & Drug Program
(562) 927-1656 serving Southern Ca.
Bilingual, Bicultural services to Latinos
Counseling & group sessions available
Resources
 Pride
Health Services
(310) 677-9019
Behavioral & Therapeutic Counseling
 Soledad
Enrichment Action (S.E.A.)
(213) 480-4200 serving LA County
Intercepts at risk youth
Education, Counseling & Life Skills
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Resources
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Rainbow Resource Directory
www.resourcedirectory.com
(800) 440-4780
Over 25,000 social welfare agencies
Los Angeles & Ventura Counties
Action Parent & Teen Support
(800) 367-8336 in Santa Clarita
Bilingual Services (English & Spanish)
Resources
 Al-Anon
Family Group, Inc.
(888) 684-6444
referral to 500 groups in LA County
 Alcoholics
Anonymous/Administration
(323) 936-4343 & (323) 735-2089
24 hours self help information
English, Spanish, Russian
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The 12 Suggested Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol- that our
lives had become unmanageable.
We came to believe that a power greater than
ourselves could restore us to sanity.
We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over
to the care of God as we understood him.
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of
ourselves.
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another
human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
We were entirely ready to have God remove all these
defects of character.
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The 12 Suggested Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous
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We humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
We made a list of all the persons we had harmed, and
became willing to make amends to them all.
We made direct amends to such people whenever
possible, except when to do so would injure them or
others.
We continued to take personal inventory and, when we
were wrong, we promptly admitted it.
We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our
conscious contact with God, as we understood him,
praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the
power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these
steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to
practice these principals in all our affairs.
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Source: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women
Have Recovered from Alcoholism, 2nd ed., 1955.
Serenity Prayer
God grant us the serenity to
accept the things we cannot
change, courage to change the
things we can, and the wisdom
to know the difference
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Adolescent Alcohol Abuse
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