Alcohol: The Most Used And Abused Drug By Teenagers

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, June 1997, alcohol is the leading cause of death among teenagers. Teenage drinking contributes to the high rate of teenage car crashes, traumatic injuries, suicide and date rape. Alcohol is by far the most used and abused drug among Americas teenagers today. According to a national survey, nearly one third (31.5%) of all high school students reported hazardous drinking of five or more drinks in one setting.

Twenty million Americans are alcoholics, and the children of these alcoholics are likely to inherit the disease. More than 40% of those who start drinking at age fourteen or younger become alcoholics. The problem I see is the lack of knowledge about alcoholism being an inherited disease. Children of alcoholics are four times more likely than other children to become alcoholics, according to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Teenagers, if you have a mother, father, or grandparent with the disease, then you might be susceptible to becoming an alcoholic. It is not a good idea to even have one drink. It is like playing Russian roulette. Abstinence is the best strategy against defying the odds of being another death statistic in the cogs of alcoholism.

I came from an alcoholic background, and I know first hand the destructive affects of what alcohol can do. I had no way of knowing that I would become an alcoholic, even though my grandfather was an alcoholic. I didnt know that at the age of seventeen, while drunk, I would be driving with my best friend and roll my car three times into a telephone pole. Fortunately for me, I wasnt hurt, but my friend will have back problems for life. And I certainly did not know that I would most likely pass down the inherited gene to one of my three sons. If I had known these things, maybe, just maybe, I would never have had that first drink.

I cant tell you in a short article all the pain and suffering I put my mother through when I was a teenage drinker, or the anguish I put my husband through, but I can tell you this, I have been completely freed and forgiven through the love and saving grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I have been alcohol free for over fourteen years!

Teenagers please dont let yourself become trapped within the depths of this insidious disease; instead become informed about the susceptibility of alcoholism being passed down from one generation to the next. Abstinence and education is the best and most effective means of preventing the use and abuse of alcohol.

All it takes is one drink of alcohol if you carry the gene from a relative; that one drink is ONE too many! And even if you are not susceptible to becoming an alcoholic, alcohol is very dangerous and can make you do stupid things you normally would not do. Abstinence is the best policy.

~~~

Angie Lewis is the author of three marriage books offering marriage enlightenment tips and wisdom filled answers tackling such issues as adultery, pornography, emotions, beliefs, feelings, marriage, children, forgiveness, communication, submission and spiritual influence in the home. Love The Man You Married is a great teaching tool that every Christian wife and husband should read. ISBN: 1411677501

Journey on the Roads Less Traveled is a book that will challenge the reader to go a step further in their faith and beliefs by helping them to identify with all the aspects of their character, namely the spiritual element of who they are and can become. This is Angies personal testimony of overcoming addiction and resentment in marriage. Very inspirational book! ISBN: 1413788904

Besides writing for her own marriage ministry, Angie also writes the marriage columns for two online Christian Magazines. KeepinOn.net and EzraWeb.com.

Please see Angies website for additional information about her books and online marriage ministry. http://www.heavenministries.com/

Games Online
Mexican Beer
Arnold Body Building
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Disability Attorney
Creditor
Camping Tent
Japanese Art
Arts
Batman Online Game
Bingo Cage
Boat Sale
Florida Bass Fishing
Camping Gear Outlet
Financial Power Of Attorney
Airplane Bedding
Britney Spears Ringtones
Bass Fishing Baits
Batman And Superman
Chicago Business
Online Baseball Games
New Batman Movie
Britney Spears Nipple
Car Companies
Orange County Bankruptcy
Rv
Baseball Card Values
Army Air Force
Body Building Babes
Working From Home
Adsense Sandbox
Thanksgiving Bingo
New York Attorney General
Craps
Baby Come Back
Wisconsin Bankruptcy
Free Online Business Opportunity
Baseball Autographs
Boat Auction
Batman Forever
Business Holiday Cards
Britney Spears Video
Child Custody
Truck
Little Airplane
Parks
Home Based Business Income Opportunities
General Aviation
Bass Fishing Info
Woman Body Building