Five Reasons to Avoid Alcohol and Drugs
As a young person, you have choices -- some good, some bad, many tempting. When it comes to substance abuse, the repercussions are all bad
As a young person, you have lots of choices. Some are good, some bad, many tempting. When it comes to substance abuse, the likely repercussions are all bad. You may be tempted to experiment. But there are good reasons to wait till you're mature enough -- and legal -- to do so.
Here's five things to know about drugs and alcohol and how to keep them from negatively impacting your life:
- Keep your looks: Alcohol and drugs can ruin your looks, give you bad breath and increase your weight.
- Use your head: Don't believe beer and liquor ads promoting alcohol as a means to glamour and adventure -- know what's real and what's an illusion.
- Choose friends wisely: Friends who avoid cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs are among your best defenses from substance abuse.
- Be a real friend. If you know someone with a drinking or drug problem, be a part of the solution. Urge your friend to get help.
- Keep busy: Stay busy with activities and sports at school, your Boys & Girls Club and church programs.
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| most teenagers look for love in drugs and alcohol, but to find that it ruins them and it cant help them with their problems. | | Honestly you can't approach somebody and tell them not ot drink and think that they not gonna drink. | | I think doing drugs is a bad choice...people who do them should look at the consequences first!!!!!I am never going to do drugs....
Kenosha S. (Northern Neck Boys and Girls Club) | | i want to know why would people want to try drinkinq in the 1st place i know that everybody who has tried it had a person or more then one person in their family who has or had a drinking problem so that should show them the way to go which is to help the ones who are drinking and you be the smart one and not drink at all...
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From The Boys And Girls Club Of The Northern Neck | | ii think that drinking causes alot of harm to tha bodiii ahnd teens especially for teens ...they have ah whole long lyiifee to live ahnd thay mesing it up by peer pressure, wrong decisions, ahnd other negativety!!!.. focus on your goals iin liiyfe and how your gona be succesful..and not how to end your liiyfe shorter | | Abusing drugs to overcome your problems is not the solution. Taking control and overcoming obstacle on your own is the answer. | | Boys and Girls Club of Henderson County
well those five reason are true but then again your friends might push yiou to do it | | I think doing drugs and drinking at a young age will definantly ruin your life. when you are under the influence you are at a much higher risk for killing yourself or others. I have learned a lot about this form school and know not to ever experience with drugs and not drink at a young age- Boys and Girls club of henderson county | | kids, don't do drugs and stay drugfree. Jose-Boys and Girls Club henderson Co. | | We all are not perfect but we do have the ability to over power good choices over bad choices but each and every person that you might see may influence you but we have a choice to make are on own decisions | |
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