TEEN ADVICE
The great reason
for Sheet on Alcohol
Teen advice - The great reason for Sheet on
Alcohol
1.Alcohol is the most socially accepted addictive substance
and is a contributing factor in over 75% of all Date Rapes.
2.Alcohol
dehydrates you: it does not quench thirst, it makes thirst worst. Alcohol is
also extremely high in empty calories.
3.Drinking alcohol while you are
pregnant can cause permanent brain damage and often causes physical deformations
in babies. FAS and PFAS (formerly FAE) are devastating disorders that often
render their victims unable to function is society or to care for them selves in
socially acceptable ways; many of these children grow up to commit suicide or
end up living in the criminal justice system.
4.Alcohol causes varying degrees of the following side effects in
EVERYONE who uses it; dulness of sensation, lowered sensory motor skills,
lowered reactive or reflexive motor responses, impaired thought processes,
impaired memory, impaired judgement, sleep or sleeplessness, and in extreme
cases can cause coma and death.
5.When an alcoholic beverage is ingested a
full 20% of the alcohol immediately enters the bloodstream by penetrating the
wall of your stomach; drinking on a full stomach can slow this process.
6.Many people mistakenly believe alcohol is a stimulant, like coffee, when
in fact it is a depressant.
7.One of the first things to go when you have
been drinking alcohol is your sense of good judgement and your inhibitions.
8.Alcohol can cause the following behaviours; aggression, sexual openness,
excessive talking, spilling secrets, lying, phony friendliness and quick
tempers.
9.A "hang over" is what happens when your body enters alcohol
withdraw and the head aches you get are caused by extreme dehydration of your
brain - your brain is literally being pulled away from your skull, leading to
throbbing aches and sharp pains at attachment points like the temples and base
of the neck.
70% of alcoholics and alcohol abusers will suffer the following
irreversible physical side effects; cirrhosis of the liver (fatal in over 60% of
cases), "cauliflowering" of the nose and ears (where your ears and nose become
cauliflower shaped), permanent restructuring of the brain including loss of long
term memory, heart problems, obesity, premature dementia (partial and full),
loss of bladder control and slurred speech even when sober.
