...Teenage Girls and Alcohol In the United States the average age for girls to start drinking is 13 years old. To begin drinking at such a young age greatly impacts the choices one makes and their health; both short term and long term. When you start to abuse alcohol at a young age it can have destructive effects on your health. Before alcohol reaches one's brain stem, it has already been absorbed by some of the major organs. Alcoholism is known for causing many health problems in one's body here are some of the major ones; high chances of heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure. An increased risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx and oesophagus. Irritation of the stomach lining leading to ulcers. Inflammation of the liver leading to cirrhosis. These are only some of the long time affects of drinking alcohol. Drinking for teenage girls can also delay puberty, and abusing alcohol can cause endocrine disorders during puberty. Drinking underage undoubtedly has lasting affects on teenage girls’ mental health. At this moment of their lives, teenages girl’s brains are still developing, it is crucial that nothing goes into their bodies that harm the developing ways of the brain. When heavy alcohol drinking is prevalent in a teenage girl's body, it may cause lasting impairments in brain functions such as memory, coordination, and motor skills. Teenage drinking for girls not only affects their body and mental health it also plays a big role in the way they behave under the influence...
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...that are caused by alcohol. Not only is alcohol one of the leading problems in todays society, but it is also a growing problem in Americas teenagers. I will be discussing several point in this paper from various studies to what exactly alcoholism is and the different dangers of this disease. This is a very personal topic to me so I hope you enjoy my research paper. The first point being addressed is what exactly alcoholism is. According to The Reader’s Digest Great Encyclopedic Dictionary, alcoholism “is a diseased condition resulting from the excessive use or persistent use of alcoholic beverages.” Alcoholism has divided into two major forms--alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence (Goodwin 1998). Alcohol abuse is the excessive consumption of alcohol which has detrimental effects on the people and situations surrounding an individual; whereas, alcohol dependence is a physical attachment to the alcohol. Alcohol abuse leads to hazardous behavior, such as drunken driving and continued drinking despite negative consequences on family, work, or social functioning. Alcohol dependence involves withdrawal symptoms when alcohol is not used, and lack of control over drinking despite serious social and medical problems (Goodwin 1998). Various studies have been performed to show the relationship between alcoholism and genetics. New research on male twins show that genes play a critical role in the development of milder forms of alcoholism, such as, occasional abuse that can land the...
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... Alcohol is the most preferred choice of drug abuse among the youth. Many young people developed the habit of taking too much alcohol at an early age. Underage drinking has lead to numerous health problems in many countries. Many families have lost their children due to excess drinking. Adolescent stage comes with an increased independence, which is linked to alcohol abuse. This study will cover the effects of underage drinking and how it is a controversial issue in the country’s development. The Controversial Issue Teenagers are constantly willing to try different things. Drinking alcohol is one of the things teenagers try to do. Underage drinking is a widespread in the contemporary world. Most of the teenagers end up abusing alcohol. Some have lost their lives due to alcohol abuse. Each year, more than 5,000 young people below 21 years of age in the U.S. die due to alcohol abuse and alcohol related cases. This is a great loss to the society. The government is compelled to set aside funds for rehabilitation centers. The U.S. law does not allow anyone below the age of 21 to drink alcohol. Dangers of Underage Drinking Underage drinking is the chief cause of death among teenagers. Many deaths among young people are due to excess drinking. Excess drinking leads to accidents, homicides, suicides, drowning and other injuries. Too much drinking can harm the brain growth. The brain continues to enlarge and mature from birth through teenage, up to...
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...This means that drunk driving kills about eight teens a day (“Statistics”). Whenever you do the math thats 2,920 teens deaths per year. Erin was right to go get her friend from the party because if there are this many teen deaths from drunk driving then Erin’s friend could have ended up being a victim if she would have drove up that night from the party. Did you know that sixty percent of all teen deaths relate to alcohol (“Statistic”)? This is over half of the teen deaths per year. If this many teens are dying from drinking and driving then how is it safer to let teens drive...
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...Does the abuse of drugs and alcohol by men in a marital relationship increase the chance of divorce? Kyle Daya HHS4U1-01 Ms. D’Souza June 13 2014 The abuse of drugs and alcohol can affect many people. More often than not, it creates a negative impact. An example of this is the effect it has on married couples and their families. The abuse of drugs and alcohol by men in a marital relationship increase the chance of divorce. The reason for this is because the drugs and alcohol can influence the husband to engage in violent activities. Secondly, the relationship between the husband and the wife will fade due to the abuse of illegal substances and alcohol. Lastly, the abuse of drugs and alcohol will influence the children to imitate the husband’s actions. This topic is significant to study because the rate of divorce has been rapidly increasing over the past years and drugs as well as alcohol abuse is one of the common causes of divorce and has become a big issue in today’s society. This is why the abuse of drugs and alcohol by men in a marital relationship increase the chance of divorce. A man who abuses drugs and alcohol is very capable of engaging in dangerous activities. Drugs and alcohol can sometimes influence men to become violent and act maliciously. The reason for men to use drugs or become an alcoholic is often depression. One who is in a state of depression and consumers drugs and alcohol can leave them into an even deeper state of depression. When a...
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...Life Orientation Grade 11p Alcohol Assignment: Jeremy Emanuel Task 1 1) In the Binge drinking advert of the boy alcohol is indirectly portraying as the boy is vomits and puts the vomit all over himself. The boy also rips he’s clothes and makes the jacket sleeveless on the one side. Then he leaves his house looking like a wreck which sums of all three points above that the boy is not in control of what he is doing and how he looks which happens when you are very drunk. In the Binge drinking advert of the girl alcohol is indirectly portrayed as she also vomits and it goes all over herself and does not clean up the vomit. She also rips her clothes and leaves the house looking like a wreck this shows that she is also not in control of her action, her looks and she cannot tell what is the right or wrong thing to do which majority of the time happens to a person who is very drunk. She also pours the wine onto the floor not realizing what she is doing and not realizing that it is the wrong thing to do. This is how alcohol is indirectly portrayed as you see the effects it has on a girl and a boy. 2) This could have a negative...
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...States, alcohol is the most commonly used addictive substance affecting about 1 in every 12 adults (Wilcox, 2015). South Dakota has an even higher rate, ranking fourth in total alcohol consumption (Ransom, 2013). Alcohol use can take a toll on one’s health and can also lead to risky behaviors or even death. Nearly 88,000 people die annually due to alcohol-related causes in the United States. Additionally, alcohol consumption can lead to binge drinking, which is typically about 4 drinks for women or 5 drinks for men in a two-hour span. The minimum age to consume alcohol in the United States is 21, but that doesn't stop underage people from drinking. This is extremely relevant in South Dakota where Brookings and Clay County have...
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... Alcoholism has been called the family illness. The family is impacted most by the behaviors of the untreated alcoholic. The addiction of alcoholism has very negative and adverse effects on the family and in the community. The jail and hospital visits take a toll on the family’s finances and emotional stability. Mothers against drunk drivers reported in 2012 that there were 1.41 million drunk driving convictions in the United States of America. These individuals take not only their lives but also the lives of others into their hands when they choose to get behind the wheel of their cars after the consuming alcohol. There is evidence that problem drinkers are less likely to be candidates for successful marriages and relationships. (Power, Rodgers and Hope). There are those instances where the abuse of alcohol is dominate in the marriage yet, they begin to raise a family. The children of such marriages are effected in many...
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...case study took place at an Alcohol and Addiction Counselling Practice. This service offers people with drug or alcohol related problems an opportunity to increase their quality of life by: providing advice and information, one-to-one counselling, a gender specific alcohol and drug user group, a support group for people who have stopped drinking or using drugs and a family and friends support group. The first interview with Claire took place in October 2000. Her psychiatrist referred Claire to our practice. His first contact with Claire was in August of the same year. She was referred to him by a hospital that had treated her for an attempted suicide. Although the psychiatrist is treating Claire for severe depression it has become apparent to him that she has a problem with alcohol. She is 30 years old and was divorced two years ago. She has no children. There is no partner in her life now or since her divorce and she lives in a rented one bed roomed house. She is unemployed and is currently in receipt of Income Support. Claire has requested a counselling programme that will help her to abstain from alcohol. She has not drunk any alcohol for two weeks prior to her appointment at this service, but she is on prescribed medication: tranquillisers and anti-depressants for depression. The main objective of this interview is to gather information in order to assess which of our services will best benefit Claire to aid her with abstinence from alcohol. At the beginning of the...
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...Statement of the problem How prevalent is underage drinking at St.Catherine Academy and what are it’s causes? Rationale Teenage drinking has become a major problem in our society. This concerns me because underage has many impacts on our children that will affect their future and it can also be linked to academic failure. The objective of this research is to determine its prevalence at St. Catherine Academy and its causes in an attempt to finding ways to addressing this issue. Method of investigation The information will be obtained through the use of a survey. This is convenient because you can compare and contrast the different replies, also it allows all the participants to all answer the same questions and lastly it allows large amounts of information to be collected from a number of people in a short period of time. The disadvantages would include not knowing if the respondent is being truthful and respondents may not be fully aware of their reasons for any given answer because of lack of memory on the subject, or even boredo Confidentiality Note My name is a fourth form student of St. Catherine Academy. I am conducting a research on alcohol abuse in our school. I am kindly asking that you complete the survey below to the best of your knowledge so I can collect the necessary data for this research. Please note that this exercise is entirely confidential so DO NOT WRITE YOUR NAME anywhere on the survey. The information provided is accountable to my moderator...
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...Alcohol and Teenagers By Jonte Johnson Professor Kinnaird English 101 06 December 2011 Jonte Johnson Professor Kinnaird English 101, Section 5 06 December 2011 Alcohol and Teenagers Introduction: Alcohol abuse is described in many medical journals and books as a psychiatric diagnosis, “The Character disorder from chronic alcoholism shows itself in intellectual impairment, judgment defects, loss of mental efficiency, with general progressive deterioration in global functioning ability” (Bennett 2), describing the use of alcoholic beverages despite negative consequences. This means that an individual has no self control and does not care for the consequences that will arise if he or she continues to take massive intakes of alcohol without any regard for the safety and well being of his own and his fellow men. Alcohol abuse amongst teenagers is a growing concern for many parents and governments all over the world, “Seventeen million people suffer from alcoholism; 25% of these people are teenagers. The average victim is in his or her forties with a family and a job” (Ludwig 13). The consequences of teenage alcohol abuse has been widely reported and known yet very little has been done to stop alcohol abuse in the United States and other nations where ill-legal liquor houses and unlicensed production of alcohol is wide spread. Why Teenagers turn to alcohol: Teens use alcohol and other drugs for many reasons. They may do it because they want to fit in with friends...
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...teens are not mature enough to responsibly drink and still be in control. That shows that our society is not doing everything they can to stop teens from drinking. Teens believe that drinking is something to just make them look, or seem older and more mature. They do not realize the serious consequences and the health risks they are putting on their selves. Teenage drinking is often a gateway into other often dangerous life choices; however, to fully understand the problems associated with T.A.D, one must look at why teenagers start drinking in the first place. T.A.D is a problem often over looked in our society. Alcohol abuse not only causes teens to misjudge things, but can also cause suicidal thoughts and causes them to choose risky sexual behaviors. (Staff, 2011) “A study showed that teens that reported that their friends were sexually active were 31 times more likely to start/continue drinking.” People see it every day, some ones friend starts to like a new brand of shoes, and the other person then starts to like them to. “More than 10 million youths, ages 12 to 20, in this country report they have consumed alcohol in the past 30 days.” (Century Council, 2012) Growing up...
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...Drinking Age be lowered to 18? Ryan A. Conklin is a soldier who enlisted into the Army at the age of 17. He was deployed to Iraq when he was just 20 years old. In his book, he wrote about his daily duties of a soldier in Iraq and all of the sights and sounds that he witnessed. He makes a comment in his book about the drinking age in the United States. He states “I was twenty years old, and on April Fools’ Day, I would turn twenty-one finally legal to drink in a bar. Unfortunately, I was two-and-a-half years into serving my country and was living in a combat zone, and I found it odd that until then I was still not allowed to drink alcohol in the States. A law I hope will be changed in my lifetime.” Different cultures and societies respond different to alcohol in terms of how much they can drink and what their bodies can handle. The legal age to consume alcohol in the U.S. should be lowered to eighteen for the sake of the people, the economy, and safety. When a male or female turns the age of 18, they now reserve the right to serve in the military. When war broke out with Iraq, people were chosen to go over that just turned the age of 18. In the book “An Angel in Hell” by Ryan A. Conklin, he stated “he would always wake up hoping that that day was not the last day he would be on this Earth. He was always on high alert while on patrols, dodging bullets and shooting his own gun just to stay alive.” He also said, in his book, “that he found it odd and annoying that he could see all of...
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...Alcohol, the constant addiction in American society, that has put the United States into debt and depression by giving users a temporary sanctuary. Alcohol causes roughly around 88,000 deaths per year and slowly destroys the body when it is consumed. (Norris 1) Normally, people drink to help take away stress or stabilize their mood, but in reality the consumed substance adds stress, leading to more problems in someone’s life. Underage drinking is also one of the biggest concerns in modern day culture because of how prevalent the topic is the American society. Alcohol messes with the human as a whole in negative ways, while becoming more popular and accepted in society to start drinking the horrible substance at an early age. The facts are proven...
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...Healthy People 2010 Substance Abuse: Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Alcohol abuse and Alcoholism Alcoholism (alcohol dependence) and alcohol abuse are two different forms of drinking problems. * Alcoholism is when you have signs of physical addiction to alcohol and continues to drink, despite problems with physical health, mental health, and social, family, or job responsibilities. Alcohol may control your life and relationships. * Alcohol abuse is when drinking leads to problems, but not physical addiction. Causes, incidence, and risk factors There is no known cause of alcohol abuse or alcoholism. Research suggests that certain genes may increase the risk of alcoholism, but which genes and how they work are not known. How much you drink can influence your chances of becoming dependent. Those at risk for developing alcoholism include: * Men who have 15 or more drinks a week * Women who have 12 or more drinks a week * Anyone who has five or more drinks per occasion at least once a week One drink is defined as a 12-ounce bottle of beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, or a 1 1/2-ounce shot of liquor. You have an increased risk for alcohol abuse and dependence if you have a parent with alcoholism. You may also be more likely to abuse alcohol or become dependent if you: * Are a young adult under peer pressure * Have depression * Have easy access to alcohol * Have low self-esteem * Have problems with relationships * Live a stressful...
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