Teen Alcohol Abuse On The Rise

Alcohol abuse among adults has been studied extensively and some of the main concerns associated with abuse is liver disease, kidney failure, dementia and other harmful diagnoses. Other studies have shown that a humans brain main start to literally get smaller as they drink more. A british medical study was conducted and they found the 10 - 15 year olds are not only drinking, but drinking more often.

One of the things one must look at when understanding young teen alcohol abuse is that the teen hasn't fully developed. Furthermore, their brains have not yet developed nor other important organs in the body. Teenager's that are faced with or peer pressured into drinking have a hard time saying no. Think back when you were a teen and remember how important your friends were.

When a teen consumes alcohol it will immediately get soaked into the blood stream and can last up to an hour. It is said that a human body will metabolize a couple drinks in one hour. A main concern is not only teen drinking alcohol, but teens and college students binge drinking. Binge drinking is when someone drinks a large amount of alcohol in a short period into order to feel a much larger high. Researchers have seen that teens who binge drink are more likely to vomit or get alcohol poison in the blood stream.

When it comes to teens and alcohol we as guardians need to do a better job at educating our children on the dangers of drinking while still in high school or middle school. Some things we can do to help our kids is to show by example. If we drink to much our children may call us hypocrites and not take us very seriously. Also, as a parent pay attention to the kind of friends your teen is hanging around. Negative peer pressure can be a very dangerous game that our kids do not have to be apart of.