{"id":3385,"date":"2019-12-23T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T01:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2021-09-17T05:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:19:17","slug":"teenagers-and-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/teenagers-and-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers and Alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alcohol is generally considered to be a socially acceptable\ndrug, yet it is responsible for most drug-related deaths in the teenage\npopulation. Alcohol use also has a variety of serious health risks. It is\ndifficult to prevent teenagers from experimenting with alcohol, but parents and\ncarers can encourage sensible drinking habits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The safest level of alcohol drinking for teenagers is no\ndrinking, especially for young people under 15 years of age. But if older\nteenagers do drink alcohol, parents and carers can minimize the risks by\nproviding adult supervision and encouraging consumption within the adult\nguideline for low-risk drinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most influential role models for children are their\nparents and carers. Children learn by imitation, so it is important that you\ndemonstrate sensible drinking behaviors, like: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>drink moderately or not at all <\/li><li>do not drink every time you socialize <\/li><li>never drink and drive <\/li><li>teaching responsible drinking. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many important factors that help reduce the\nlikelihood of a young person abusing alcohol. As well as good parental role\nmodelling, these factors include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>trying to have a good relationship and open\ncommunication between you and your child <\/li><li>supporting their having a sense of belonging <\/li><li>reinforcing their positive achievements and\nexperiences at school <\/li><li>helping them feel respected and cared for. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Young people are at greater risk of alcohol-related harm\nthan adults. As the brain keeps developing into your mid-twenties, drinking\nalcohol as a teenager can increase the risk of damage to the developing brain.\nIt can also lead to problems with alcohol later in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1024x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1024x204.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-768x153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-1536x306.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FKSG-Post-20212-2048x408.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Teenagers are likely to drink more than older people. Drinking&nbsp;heavily over a short&nbsp;period of time&nbsp;with the intention of becoming&nbsp;drunk&nbsp;is known as binge drinking. Common effects of binge drinking episodes include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>hangovers <\/li><li>headaches <\/li><li>nausea and vomiting <\/li><li>shakiness. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as increasing the risk of short- and longer-term\nhealth problems, binge drinking can lead to young people taking risks and\nputting themselves in dangerous situations, such as drink driving and having\nunsafe sex. Drink driving and other risky behaviors increase the risk of\nalcohol-related harm, such as injury or death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drinking alcohol can affect how the brain develops in people\nunder the age of 25. People under 15 years of age are particularly at risk.\nLong-term drinking above the recommended levels may lead to a range of\ndisorders, collectively known as alcohol-related brain injury. Symptoms can\ninclude learning and memory problems, and difficulties with balance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Misuse of alcohol can be linked to the misuse of other\ndrugs. Taking alcohol with other drugs that also suppress the central nervous\nsystem, such as heroin and benzodiazepines, can be particularly&nbsp;risky. It\ncan cause a person\u2019s breathing and heart rate to decrease to dangerous levels\nand increase the risk of overdose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of alcohol and drugs (including cannabis)\ncan also lead to increased risk taking, making it difficult to drive or carry\nout other activities, with the potential to harm others as well as the drinker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alcohol is generally considered to be a socially acceptable drug, yet it is responsible for most drug-related deaths in the teenage population. Alcohol use also has a variety of serious health risks. It is difficult to prevent teenagers from experimenting with alcohol, but parents and carers can encourage sensible drinking habits. The safest level of&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/teenagers-and-alcohol\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Teenagers and Alcohol<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[164,212,381,388,758,885],"class_list":["post-3385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-youth-mental-health","tag-alcohol","tag-binge-drinking","tag-drink","tag-drugs","tag-role-model","tag-teenagers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5349,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3385\/revisions\/5349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fksg.org\/test1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}