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Alcohol and Other Drug UseAwareness
Created By : Len Mistretta
Today’s Agenda
Talk about Typical Factors Teenagers Use Liquor and Other
Medication (AOD)
Effects of AOD Use
Stages of AOD Use
Tolerance
Recovery Effect
AOD Use and Psychological Development
Resources
Discussion Questions
A. What do you think most individuals your age experience about liquor and other drugs?
B. What information have you obtained from the press that have marketed and/or frustrated medication use?
Typical Factors for Liquor and Other Medication Use
What do you think are typical factors why youngsters use liquor and/or other drugs?
Typical Factors Teenagers Use Liquor and Other Drugs
Dullness
Availability
Conformity
Curiosity
Fun
Escape
Rebellion
Friends
Movies and TV shows that
glamorize drugs use
Desire to look cool
Peer Pressure
Desire to increase mood
Escape negative emotions
Self-medication
Effects of Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Emotional• Improved emotions
of• loneliness and
ostracism • Improved
depressive disorders
• Increased stress • Depression • Feelings of low self-
esteem
Physical• Interruption with
studying, storage, and concentration
• Affects verdict and making decisions
• Increases risk of psychological health disorders
Stages of Use
What do you think each stage looks like?
Stages of Use
Stages of Use
Stages of Use
Scientists have determined:
Youngsters move through these levels at an
increased rate of rate than grownups.
It requires 8-10 years for a mature
traveling from analysis with liquor and/or
other medication to becoming chemical
dependent
It needs a youngster anywhere from 3-15
months.
Rebound Effect
What goes up must come down.Alcohol and/or medication use causes a brief “high” which eventually results in “crashing” or “coming down.” A medication “high” continues a short time period, based upon on the medication and amount. The changes in the mind that result from ongoing medication abuse, however, can be permanent.
Drug Tolerance
• Patience produces when a individual needs to improve amounts of liquor and/or other medication to have the same “high.”
Increase Dosage
AOD Use and Emotional Development
When youngsters use liquor and/or other medication to avoid adverse emotions, they are learning to evade emotions of stress and anxiety.
As grownups, they are not able to learn how to deal with these adverse feeling and become psychologically “stuck.”
For example, someone who begins to misuse AOD at 16 years-old will become adults to have a 16-year old psychological expertise set.