Today we are taught not to consume acholic beverages until we are of legal age to do so and even then, we are told not to do so regularly or heavily. Yet even before we are of legal age we find a way to get our hands on these forbidden beverages. Why? This is because drinking alcoholic beverages is one of the many means of socialization. Though that is not the only reason. Our peers, family, schools, and even mass media help establish the desire to consume these alcoholic beverages. How do these groups do this? First and for most our peers is one of if not the greatest influences of ourselves when we are teenagers. We want to hang out with our friends and if our friends are drinking we are drinking as well. When we are teenagers everyone wants to be cool; what is the coolest thing to do in the eyes of our peers? Well it is to drink or to get what is known as “blackout drunk” which is the result of losing consciousness from drinking too much alcohol. If you do this then you are considered cool and if you do not want to drink as a teenager you are lame or having “stick up your ass” which basically means a person who is considered either rigid, not flexible, or in the most basic terms not fun to be around. Family is another reason for the temptation of drinking alcoholic beverages. In the most basic of forms there are two types of parents. The first is the strict and stern parents which plays by the rules no matter what and govern their child’s life over everything. The second set of parents is that “cool” parents or the really layback parents who does not care about rules. You would not think the first set of parents would raise the temptation of drinking considering on how strict they are, but it is because of that strictness that temps the kids to drinking. Unfortunately, when we are teenagers we for some reason become rebellious and do the exact opposite of what our parents say and almost never listen to them. This will lead to the parents saying no drinking or parties in the house. In the teens head it automatically turns to “I’m throwing a party and we are going to drink all night.” The layback parents are very nonchalant and do not care about rules. These are the parents that give alcohol to their kids
One of the main reasons why young teenagers drink is because of peer pressure. Some teens believe that all teenagers drink therefore they start drinking. Also some of their friends might drink and then they think that they have to drink to fit in. Teens are also influenced by parents. If their parents drink a lot they are more likely to drink
Peer pressure influences teenagers to drink. Teenagers will drink because they want to look cool or fit in with the cool people. Like if they go to a party they will drink to be like everyone else. Laurie Halse Anderson the author of “Speak” is saying that peer pressure can make you do insane things. So don’t hang out with people that will force you to perform something you don’t want to do. If you achieve it you can become a negative person and face consequences.
By human nature, whatever is prohibited to us is what we want the most. Teenagers are denied drinking and
If we want to stop the alarming rise in the number of high school and college kids abusing alcohol, we have to figure out first why they 're doing it. (Ruth Ann.). There are many reasons of teens drinking, such as: enjoyment, stress, social groups, etc. In countries where socialization to drinking is the norm, teens learn how to drink with moderation and avoid to get drunk. Imagine a young boy who started drinking on his early
Introduction: In the United States more than 1,800 college students have lost their lives from alcohol related causes. These numbers have seen a steady increase since the year of 1998. Drinking while at college has become a part of the college culture. Student see this as a part of the higher education experience. A lot of college alcohol problems are linked to binge drinking. Binge drinking cause a huge concerns and poses serious health and safety risks which often includes sexual assault, drunk driving arrests, car crashes and injuries. Researchers are finding ways to improve college student’s alcohol consumptions issues. A way, I feel can help solve this problem is by having students download IntelliDrink application on their phones. IntelliDrink helps people monitor blood alcohol concentration levels and also tell you what time blood levels goes down so that they person may be able to drive. We are all college students who may encounter people who have been really drunk. After doing extensive research, I want to prove why InteliDrink is a good resolution.
Few explanations behind high schoolers drinking are: companion weight, pleasure, and so on. In any case, the principle explanation behind doing as such is "violating the law." 87% of secondary school seniors have utilized liquor. That implies that a huge amount of youngsters less than seventeen years old to eighteen have utilized liquor some time recently. We as a whole know why adolescents drink, I mean is regular since. Simply the vibe that they get of violating the law is colossal. Being revolt and not taking after the guidelines is an imperative part of a youngster's life. Outcomes are the one that change them, yet we don't need them to encounter the results of being affected by liquor since we know them and they are deadly. Kicking the bucket in a fender bender and executing others is a wreck that we would prefer not to clean.
Many might ask why most teens have the urge to drink? Some might say we all go through that “stage” but people have done studies on why some go through this “stage”. People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure,
Parents teach their kids that drinking is bad but kids do not really understand why so they want to go out and drink and experience the feeling of drinking.
Students will be told that they will be learning about Alcohol and the dangers of consumption it has on the body and brain. Alcohol is a substance that is legal for adults to drink. However, many people have certain beliefs about what it will do for us.
In this day and age, when it comes to alcohol consumption and laws of alcohol use in countries around the world, many people debate about whether the legal drinking age should be raised, lowered, or stay the same. What about a society where alcohol would be illegal?? Well, when it comes to the sheer number of deaths that occur from drunk driving alone, you’d end up agreeing with it. To add to this, addiction is always a risk to be taken into consideration, because it leads to alcohol poisoning, eventually causing death. All in all, alcohol is something that is just as addictive as any other drug, and should it be treated as an illegal drug as well. The following are just some of the many reasons why this should be so.
Social influences include low socio-economic status of the individual, low levels of parental guidance and education, family or domestic issues at home, presence of a history of alcoholism in the family, lack of rules on alcohol use in the family setting and peer pressure.
Every problem has a beginning, where the domino effect starts. In most cases people get started drinking not because they like it, but because it is illegal and it gives them a chance to rebel. The so-called “rebel” becomes bored of drinking alone and eventually seeks “company” when they are drinking. The only catch is that the “rebel” can not be the only one drinking so the “company” has to drink. This is where the problem with peer pressure and teenage drinking begins and the first domino starts the chain reaction. There are two types of peer pressure. There is direct peer pressure where a subject’s peers actually force him into having a drink. There is also indirect peer pressure where the subject enters a setting and his peers are drinking so he decides to have a drink to fit in with the rest of his peers (Articles-Teenage Drinking 2). Surveys show that alcohol abuse is related to teenage activities such as going on dates and going to parties (Teenage Alcohol Misuse 2).
Social and cultural factors play roles in to establishing drinking patterns and the development of alcoholism. In some cultures, there is conflict between abstaining and accepting the use of alcohol as a way to change moods or to be social, thus making it difficult for some people to develop stable attitudes about and moderate patterns of drinking. Society tends to aid in the development of alcoholism by making alcohol seem glamorous, showing that by drinking, you will become more popular, more glamorous and more worthy of respects from others.
Teenagers face many difficult decisions in their lives and have many people in their lives that influence them. One of the major groups that influence teens is their peer group. “Since teenagers are not yet comfortable with themselves, they have a strong need to be accepted by their peers. And to be accepted, they feel they have to be just like their peers” (Ruth Maxwell, p. 24). From Maxwell we learn that teenagers will use alcohol to be accepted by a group. As age progresses the number of alcohol users progress 73 percent of kids that are from the ages of 16-18 are drinkers. In addition, around 90 percent of high school seniors have experienced alcohol at least once in their life.
Alcohol is very popular among people who are looking for a good time, but it is also a very addicting and evil thing. Most people try alcohol for the first time in their teen years even though it is against the law. Most of the time people try it because their friends drink. People who are weak minded are easily influenced by their friends to try out bad habits like alcohol, and at the end the only one it affects is that one person. That person will become dependant on alcohol and build a tolerance to it. Every week they drink more and more it will never be enough because they will always need a bigger amount of alcohol to satisfy them every time. That is how people become alcoholics. Alcoholics lose everything they have and own. Alcohol becomes everything they can ever think about, it takes over their life and in some cases it also takes their life.