I agree, my boyfriend who is 16 now, used to go to parties and drink. He was a near alcholic. He got out of, partially because I made him. But really, a lot of people don't understand what can and will happen from underage drinking.
It is a problem when your a drunk and you take pills! It's a problem when you drink period! Don't say it isn't! I watched my whole family drink and drink, and the sad part is...they were drunk so much that they missed alot of their lives! They all died at an early age too! It's never right to drink, and sure as heck isn't right to take pills with them...unless of course your trying to commit suicide! So I voiced my opinion! No Drink, No Drugs, No problem!
We got the facts. Now what are we going to do about it? Talking is all well and good but after that there needs to be action. Well, here are some ideas:
1) Don't drink (duh)
2) Be a designated driver
3) Share these facts with your friends and encourage them not to drink
4) When you go to a party, bring some soda with you for the responsible teens to gulp down
Keep the creative juices flowing. What else can we do? Who else has ideas?
Because today's economy is doing so poorly everyone is trying to make a buck by any means possible. Even if it means selling alcohol. So booze and drugs are fairly easy to get.
people drink beer because of peer presure don't u pay attention in health class. They do it because they think it makes them look cool and well when people get hurt or or die in your case they just think ya kno well it will never happen to me.
the only people who get themselves ****** up because of alcohol use were ****** up to begin with. please accept my condolances on any deaths within your circle of friends.
[This message was edited by YNLissa on February 24, 2004 at 11:21 AM.]
there's nothing wrong with drinking. i'm 17 and i've been drinking since i was 15. i don't drink and drive. i never get in the car with anyone that's been drinking. i have a 3.8 GPA, i never skip school, i never get in trouble with the cops. during school i only drink once or twice a month, if that. during the summer i drink 3 or 4 times a week and it hasn't affected me negatively. i'm tired of people *****ing about teens drinking so much. not ALL of us are irresponsible. so what if it's illegal. people do illegal things all the time. that may not make it right, but it's true.
Yes, drinking can be a bad thing, But there are much worse things in this world. To say that you can't have fun with out drinking IS a little pathetic, but drinking does enhance your fun. The only problem with it is that once you get started, its had to stop. I don't see a huge problem with drinking mildly occasionaly, but binge drinking and drinking to get slopy drunk is a problem with many teens.
well all i have to say is the law was set for a reason why7 cant you just follow it > ?? its not that hard to turn dont a drink i can do it , ez ! believe me there have been times where it has been offered and i wanted to take it but i knew thatit would get me into trouble .yes i have tryed some stuff i know how some tastes and stuff its ok some of it most of it dosnt even taste good ! people say that its an aquired tase , why are you gunna aquire a taste for something you dont like >? and one more thing , it dosnt only affect you , but it also affects the people in your life indirectly . weather you do soemthing or not . it hurts me everytime i hear one of my friends talk about a time they got drunk and , well ya , iuno , but it can and will affect someone in your life . no matter how carefull you are in not getting caught
I hate the taste, i hate the smell, i hate what it does, I hate the fact that people are foolish enough to sell it to immature teens and i hate it that they are immature enough to do that and i think you should have to have a permission slip or something from the government to buy any that states your reason, who it's for, and how much you need. They should have all buyers under secret surveyance to see if they use the drink as they ordered and if they don't the should be arrested and be forfiet from ever buying more again.
i'm drunk right now...you just gotta know when to stop...i can still function, barely, but i can...and i only drink about 1 small bottle of vodka...where do i get it? my neighbors, they keep me in check drinking wise, and i keep them in check...why do we do it? it keeps my mom out of my face..she can't stand the smell...why do we accept it? because its free...ha ha ha...no brainer
all i have to say is that for the people who do drink, they are going to keep doing it wether its illegal or not beacuse they dont care so theres really nothing you can do about it. so you just have to get over it and accept that its just everywhere and its not going away. in addition to all of this, i heard they might lower the drinking age anyways and make it 18. hahaha
This is a very contoversial topic avbiously. I drink with my family, and sometimes close friends. But you always have to watch what you are doing. I've experimented with drugs and what not, including getting dead drunk. Last summer I was at what I thought was a close friends house, but he ended up getting closer than I wanted. he was drunk, I was sober, and he ended up rapping me. Alcohol impares your judgement no doubt, so have fun, just be responsible.
quote:Unless your a ****ing ***** nothing bad will happen when you drink a few beers or shots.
i was just clarifying your statement. i assume that you don't condone drinking and driving, but i don't like leaving statements using "never" or "nothing bad will happen" hanging out there.
i actually made a mistake; i don't rank alcohol last, i rank it second to last (i forgot a very unpleasant experience 2 years ago).
kg kg kg........ I never said that driving after you drink isnt bad. And as far as my "mental perception and analytical skills", part of the fun of drugs for me is not having a clue which way is up and which way is down.
I will agree with you on one thing. Alcohol is my least favorite drug also. Makes me so damn sleepy. Hand me a pile of shrooms any day.
i don't get drunk every friday night. i rank alcohol as least pleasurable among my drugs of choice. and there are very cool people out there that don't use drugs at all.
drinking a few shots can really alter your mental perception and analytical skills. i'd say driving after a few shots qualifies as a "bad thing."
there's no one thing that everyone does except experience death.
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