why do people use alcohol?

WHY do people use ALCOHOL?

TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT FEW SLIDES

IS THIS NOT WHAT WE SEE?

DID YOU LAUGH?

DID YOU SMILE?

DID IT BRING BACK A FUNNY MEMORY?

LETS GET SERIOUS!

DO YOU EVER SEE...

OR

or HOW ABOUT

HOW ABOUT NOW

DID YOU LAUGH?

DID YOU SMILE?

DID IT BRING BACK A FUNNY MEMORY?

What do we know about ALCOHOL?

YOU MUST BE 21 or OLDER

Approximately 5,000 people UNDER 21 DIE each year in ALCOHOL related DEATHS.

What makes us want to experiment with ALCOHOL?

IS IT WORTH IT?

How do we LEARN ABOUT ALCOHOL and what DAMAGES it can CAUSE?

How do YOU REACT when someone tries to TEACH YOU the DANGERS of ALCOHOL?

ALCOHOL is BAD!!! Stay away from it and your life will be so much better. You don’t need alcohol to have a GOOD TIME!

She is so lame. Like she would know how to have a good time. You going to that party tonight? Everyone will be there.

LISTEN

IGNORE

In the END, YOU make the DECISION.

Lets take a LOOK and then see

HOW YOU FEEL

ALCOHOL EVERYDAY nearly 12,000 TEENAGERS try ALCOHOL for the first time

Come on. Just take ONE DRINK!

But we JUST DRINK FOR FUN!We don’t GET OUT OF HAND!

Nearly 32% of high school students have participated in HAZARDOUS DRINKING

What is HAZARDOUS DRINKING?

HAZARDOUS DRINKING is when one consumes 5 or more drinks.

1 2 3 4 5

HAZARDOUS

“We are just doing what everyone else is. It’s not like we will always drink”.

Young people who begin drinking BEFORE AGE 15 are FOUR TIMES more likely to DEVELOP ALCOHOLISM than those who begin drinking at 21.

Before During AFTER

FACTS

ALCOHOL CAN…

ALCOHOL can….

DAMAGE YOUR LIVER

When you drink the ALCOHOL it goes into your stomach and is absorbed throughout your body

Before the ALCOHOL-LADEN blood enters your bloodstream it makes its way to the LIVER

The LIVER has to put away its normal activities in order to metabolize the ALCOHOL

The LIVER starts to store FAT instead of having your body use it and can change the cell structure of the LIVER all together

Cause your heart to beat so irregular that it just stops

ALCOHOL can….

LOWER your sugar levels which can cause you to go into a COMA or have SEIZURES or eventually PANCREATITIS

ALCOHOL can….

Impair your judgment

ALCOHOL can….

CAR WRECKS

Cause you to CHOKE ON YOUR own VOMIT!

ALCOHOL can….

WOW!

THAT’S ATTRACTIVE

Cause EMOTIONAL problems like ANXIETY and DEPRESSION

ALCOHOL can….

ALCOHOL can….

Cause you to become ANGRY

She looks like fun to be around

ALCOHOL can….

Lead to the USE OF OTHER DRUGS

66% of teenagers who reported using alcohol in a hazardous manner have also tried other drugs.

ALCOHOL can….

CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN

The GOOD CAUSES of ALCOHOL

Is on the next slide

Ummm. Nothing.

SO….. If you drink, WHY DO YOU DRINK?

Do you want to fit in?

Do you like the way it makes you FEEL?

Do you feel more like a grown up?

Does it feel exciting and give you a rush? ROAD TO

NO WHERE

So if ALCOHOL CAUSES…

BR

AIN

DA

MA

GE

WEIGHT GAIN

ALCOHO

LISM

DEPRESSION

ANXIETYPANCREATITUS

STR

OK

ES

HEART DISEASE

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

CANCER

LIVER DISEASE

CIRRHOSIS

NERVE DAMAGE

INFERTILITY

LOSS OF BRAIN CELLS

WHY START