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Persuasive Speech On Alcoholic Drinks

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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

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