Teenager Alcohol Addiction
Teenagers are undeniably at the most crucial of
junctures wherein the predilection for alcohol addiction peaks. On the contrary
the parent is blissfully ignorant of the fact and lives with the conviction that
the teenager is far removed from this malady of modern day living. Statistics
indicate that twenty five percent of the teenagers in the twelve to seventeen
years age group are alcohol addicts which may go up to figures as high as fifty
percent in the eighteen to twenty two years age group – making it one of the
severest of hazards which afflict the present day youth.
ALCOHOL ADDICTION
Alcohol addiction in teenagers is known to lead to a wide array of maladies:
Increased incidence of road traffic accidents and deaths
Deteriorating academic performance
Indulgence in unprotected sex at progressively earlier ages
Succumbing to altered behavior syndromes like Depression
THE MECHANICS
The youth is at a juncture wherein experimentation and shifting of
perspectives is the order of the day – the youth striving to find a personal
identity predictably experiments with new habits of the likes of Alcohol –
peer pressure being indisputably the major contributor.
PARENTAL INTERVENTION
Parents are the fulcrum and are a vital figure in the order of things in the
teenager perspective. The discerning parent would well be adept at:
Opening the channels of communication with the teenager – with a perspective
at a variance – that of a friend rather than an authoritative figure.
Educating the child using the modality of a two way informal communication
channel wherein the parent could well use the rationale of the mind and help
pick and choose friends who do not indulge in habits of the likes of
Alcohol.
Encouraging the child to experiment with different and unique activities and
sports rather than Alcohol and drugs.
The parent needs expose the maladies of Alcohol addiction of the likes that
could negatively impact the vitality and elixir of youth – a compromise in
the physical fitness which could retard indulging and excelling in sports
and adventure activities – even leading to death for some if not most.
The emotionally responsible parent with little or no compromise needs
undertake supervision –a much-detested adult activity –. A supervised
teenager even when within the youthful realm of a peer driven party would
find little opportunity to indulge in activities of the likes of alcohol
intake, which are compatible, and a natural accompaniment of peer parties
and party – like ambiences.
PROFESSIONAL OPINION
Parents unable to intervene with any degree of success would be well advised
to seek professional medical advice for this is one malady which does not
fade with time – rather the addiction only becomes stronger with time and
more refractory to correction.
Medical Professionals specialize in managing adolescents with addictions and
the enterprising parent well recognizing this strength and exploits it for
the well being and success – both professional and emotional for the
teenager – yet to experience the pleasure of success and life – which could
well become a distant dream – should the parent not make the all important
effort.
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