...Alcohol Drinking: Is 18 Too Young for a Legal Drinking Age? Maria Anna Dante Arellano University (Jose Abad Campus) ABSTRACT The debate of a legal drinking age has been long discussed. The legal age in the Philippines is 18 and people in the country wonder whether or not is the right call. At the age of 18, Filipinos has the right to vote. If an 18 year old can make up their mind as to who the potential leader of the country should be then, they should have every right to purchase and drink alcohol. The majority of the world has their legal age set at 18 and if you are old enough to be regarded an adult by society, you are old enough to have the same rights afforded to you. Introduction Teen drinking is on the rise. By the age of eighteen the law recognizes these young people as adults, they can be tried as an adult in the law, parents signatures are no longer necessary, and it is assumed you are mature enough to make sound decisions regarding things such as alcohol. Alcohol is abused heavily by teenagers across the nation. As they grow older their alcoholism grows worse and worse. The effects of teenage drinking affects many aspects of your body and mental state that it can lead to risky behaviours. DISCUSSION In the Philippines, although there is an age limit for purchasing alcoholic beverages it is estimated that 60% of young people will have at least tried alcohol before then. Hard liquors and beers can be easily buy in convenience stores by teenagers under the...
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...How to quit drinking alcohol Meta Description: overcoming an addiction to alcohol is a long and bumpy road. If someone tries to stop from drinking, they feel it impossible. However, if a person is willing and ready to quit drinking, they can recover from the alcoholism. Many people who have alcohol dependence do dot decide to transform their drinking habits overnight. Recovering from alcoholism is a gradual process. The first stage of the process has a huge obstacle, denial. People with this problem have to admit their drinking problem anyway. They need to acknowledge their ambivalence about stopping their drinking. These people have to evaluate the benefits and costs of drinking and not drinking. Plans and Strategies To Overcome Alcoholism An alcohol addict can lay some strategies on how to quit their drinking behavior. These strategies include: Publicly Declaring Your Intention To Quit If an alcohol addict want to quit from this behavior, making it a secret for themselves is a total failure. Alcohol is everywhere - in dinner and cocktail parties, birthdays, restaurants, weddings, weekends, wakes – unless their friends know he/she is quitting, they will continue offering them more alcohol. So for a person to see the success of their plan, those around them must know they are quitting. Detox The first step recover and have a sober mind is to detox from the alcohol. Detoxing from alcohol helps to cope with the alcohol withdrawal symptoms that appear once drinking is suspended...
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...Drinking alcohol on college campuses might be against the universities’ policies but that does not stop it from happening. Thousands of college students partake in the activity of consuming alcohol while attending college parties, where drinking alcohol at college parties has grown into a social norm and while it might be all fun an games, it is one that needs to be stopped. Drinking alcohol might appear to be fun and all but it can lead to some devastating consequences, including: increased risk of rape, sleep depravations and many other negative effects that effect your performance in your classes. In order for college students to follow the universities policies and not drink on campus, one must be willing to follow the rules and accept that it is not as cool as they think to drink large amounts of alcohol, understanding that it is not a smart and healthy choice to partake in the activity of consuming large amounts of alcohol and that the university only has these policies in place to better further the safety and quality of the students life while on campus. Drinking at college parties has become a very well known social norm and is one that is destroying the lives of many...
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...Exposure to drugs in newborns are about 5%. Those exposed to alcohol are at 15%. These babies almost always end up with mental and physical disabilities and will spend time in the NICU going through withdrawals. The effects of drinking cause fetal alcohol syndrome which can imprint permanent facial deformities and decreased mental capabilities. A mother shows complications due to placenta previa; her physician advises her to stay home, refrain from sexual activity, and to seek immediate care if it happens again. The mother ignored the instructions, and she gave birth to a baby with massive brain damage. The police wanted to charge her with homicide seeing the child died at six weeks. The district attorney and judge dropped the charges...
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...Youth. Fraternity. College. When you hear these three words what do you think of? When I think of fraternity, youth, and college, I think of alcohol. In today’s modern world, it is common for college students to binge on drinking. However, I believe that we should focus on awaring the students of the problems heavy drinking causes. We should not ban drinking; however, we should lower the drinking age to eighteen, and the faculty should be involved in creating a conscious environment. Firstly, banning alcohol from colleges would create a chaos that cannot be controlled. For example, many “frat-brothers” are heavily involved in drinking, so they have developed an addiction to it; and, this addiction cannot overcome immediately. If we try to do so, it might cause the student to act aggressively or cause many health problems. also, if the students unite together and form a protest, then theirs and non-alcoholic student”s education would be at risk. Furthermore, we are talking about teenagers who are wants to experience freedom. therefore, they will, most likely still continue to drink even after the ban. as a result, banning alcohol is more like a problem than a solution. Yet, I agree that lowering the drinking age to...
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...Drinking Alcohol While Pregnant In the article, “Is Drinking Alcohol While Pregnant an Unnecessary Risk to Prenatal Development?”, I will be outlining and summary the two different viewpoints from Phyllida Brown and Julia Moskin. Brown concludes that total abstinence from drinking is the smart option during pregnancy and Moskin argues that women should be allowed to decide for themselves if an occasional alcoholic beverage is harmful. After summarizing their different perspectives, I will present who I believe to be most credible and I will give my own opinion. Brown argues that knowing that there is some chance of alcohol harming prenatal development means the only reasonable choice is complete abstinence. Brown acknowledges the fact that “not all babies born to alcoholic women have FAS”, she just deeply takes into consideration that “1 out of 500 babies are born with FAS”. Brown notes that some children with FASD have been exposed to as much alcohol before birth as those with FAS, but that’s because of genetics and the factor of when the alcohol was consumed during development. In conclusion, Brown strongly believes that implementing laws to ban drinking during pregnancy would only decrease the rates in which babies with FAS are born. Moskin argues that a pregnant women should reasonable be able to choose to have a drink during certain points of her pregnancy and that laws should not be implemented. A Moskin point out that even though a lot of research has been proven that...
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...think underage drinking is a serious problem in this community? Probe: Why? Why not? 2. Do you know youths under the age of 21 who use alcohol? 3. Do you know of parents or adults who permit youths under the age of 21 to consume alcohol in their homes? 4. Where do you think minors under age 21 obtain alcohol? 5. Under what circumstances is it acceptable for an adult to provide alcohol to minors under age 21? 6. What forms of advertising do you think influence alcohol use among minors under age 21? 7. If you were aware of a minor under the age of 21 who was consuming alcohol, what would you do? 8. What resources are available in your community that address alcohol use among minors under age 21? 9. Would you favor new and/or stiffer penalties for parents who serve alcohol to minors under the age of 21? What about peers over 21 who purchase alcohol for youth under the age of 21? What about bars/restaurants/liquor stores that sell to minors under age 21? 10. Do you favor driver’s license suspension or revocation for minors under age 21 who violate underage drinking laws? 11. Who do you think is most responsible for solving the underage drinking problem? Questions for Youth 1. How old are you? 2. Have you ever had alcoholic beverages like beer, wine, wine coolers or liquor? 3. How often do you drink alcohol? 4. Do you ever have five or more drinks of alcohol at a time? If “Yes”, have you done this in the last month? 5. Have you ever driven under the influence of alcohol? Been a passenger...
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...people, drinking alcohol could seem to be a part of a fun night. Some individuals may struggle with the addiction of alcohol. Alcoholism can affect relationships, one’s career, and other things that can make one’s life fulfilling. One that is addicted to alcohol may be afraid to get help because of the stigma that has been associated to the admitting that he or she is addicted to alcohol. In order for one to learn about alcohol, one should learn about the history of addiction, the DSM-5 criteria for the diagnosis of an alcoholism, and how the addiction affects all aspects of one’s life. Impact of History upon Addiction Theory and Treatment Alcohol has been a part of history for a long period of time. From...
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...The argument for smoking prevention among adolescents is based on the observation that, if smoking does not start during adolescence, it is unlikely ever to occur and on data indicating that the probability of cessation among adults is inversely related to age at initiation. Even infrequent experimental smoking in adolescence significantly increases the risk of adult smoking. Once smoking has begun, cessation is difficult and smoking is likely to be a long-term addiction. For example, it has been estimated that the median cessation age, for those born from 1975 through 1979 who begin smoking in adolescence, is 33 years for men and 37 years for women. Based on a median initiation age of 16 to 17 years, the predicted duration of smoking is 16 and 20 years for 50% of the males and females respectively. Prevention of the onset of adolescent smoking is thus an essential component of efforts to reduce the overall prevalence of smoking and its attendant morbidity and mortality. Although there are educational programmes available with demonstrated effectiveness in reducing the prevalence of adolescent smoking over the short term, the longer term evaluations are not as encouraging. The differences in smoking levels between treated and control groups appear to dissipate over time, and disappear completely after six years. Further evaluations of these educational efforts are warranted, with consideration given to methodological problems inherent in such studies (such as potential bias resulting...
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...in teens In my opinion there is no upside to teens using alcohol. The fact of the matter is that the number of teens using alcohol is a grim signal of what is going on in the American family. One of the major causes of teen alcohol is home life. If you where to talk to or take a poll of teenager using alcohol most or about 85%of them would tell you that they have an alcoholic family member living in the home with them (O’Connell, 2005). This is by far one of the most disheartening facts of teenage drinking, because in most cases of teen alcohol usage it is the parent that has dropped the ball. Another reason for teen alcohol usage is peer pressure. So many teen are forced in to using alcohol because of fear of not fitting into their particular circle of friends. It is this type of social bullying that has been the reason for so many teens deciding to use alcohol. Ninety percent of high school students said that they have at one time uses alcohol. A recent poll showed that 67 percent of high school students also said that they have used alcohol in the last week, and 38 percent said that they have taken 3 drinks in a row within the last 3 weeks (O’Donnell, 2005). This is important numbers because it gives us an understanding of why we have so much calamity going on among our young people today. The numbers say that there are over 3.3milion teenaged alcoholics in America today. There is not upside to teenage drinking and if we don’t do something about it now we will only have...
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...Castro Professor Laura Ahmed English 51 15 May 2012 Final Essay Alcoholic Beverages and Its Troubles In the novel, Queen of Dreams, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the theme of alcoholism plays an important role. Alcoholic beverages are one of the most dangerous things in our world, if not properly drunk. It can bring up a lot of consequences like diseases, family problems and even the death. The parents and adults have a huge importance in this theme, especially when being about alcoholic drinks and children. Alcoholic beverage is any beverage that contains ethyl alcohol, also called ethanol. And the alcohol can be regarded as the best selling drug on our planet. The author shows us a character, Rakhi’s father, he is a dependent alcoholic. “His drinking was erratic. I could never understand what brought it on. Sometimes he’d go for one month without touching alcohol. Other times he’d start drinking on Friday and continue through the weekend.” (Divakaruni 36), this character shows us one situation that happens a lot in our world, children who has dependent alcoholic parents. That is a big problem. Children of alcoholic parents often have academic problems. “They have higher levels of depression and anxiety and exhibit more symptoms of generalized stress” (Brown Jr.). Sometimes one of the solutions that those children find to relieve the stress is having a bad behavior, and then they start to make bad decisions, like argue with teachers, not go over the lessons and it just...
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...Richard Quintos Address: 7th Street, Sampaloc, Manila Gender: Male Birth date: June 11, 1995 Place of birth: Batangas Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Nationality: Filipino Date of first service: January 9, 2014 B. Family: 1. Parents’ Names: Rommel Quintos; Rochelle Quintos Dates of birth: Deceased; January 3, 1975 Places of residence: Deceased; Singapore 2. Siblings: Richard is only child. 3. Resources and expectations in the family for client: Mrs. Quintos and Richard’s aunt are willing to support the rehabilitation sessions for Richard. They have been motivated to pursue the rehabilitation since Richard himself asked for help to renew his life. Richard has been stopped in second year high school from the time when has a drinking problem and has been dependent in drugs. Robert lived for almost seventeen years with his Aunt Mary, who witnessed the sadness and the addiction of Richard. Client suffered from grief when his father died when he was eighteen years old. At this point, Mrs. Quintos is determined to help her son to improve and recover from grief and loss of her husband; she always talk to Richard through phone calls and emails; and she sends money twice a month to her in-law Mary to all expenses of her son. C. Education: Completed elementary years at Sampaloc Elementary School; finished only the first year of high school in Sampaloc High School D. Diversity factors: Richard strongly values the importance of a family which has been taught to him by his father...
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...illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency. Alcoholism can affect a person physically and mentally. Alcoholism causes many physical consequences that are well known and easy to recognize. The psychological consequences are the ones people rarely talk about, they are hard to recognize, and most people do not even know about them; however, the psychological symptoms are the ones that lead alcoholics to keep drinking without realizing problems are being caused. These effects of alcohol allow people to continue to drink in order to self-medicate their symptoms, and vary depending on the person. The most common psychological effects that people undergo are depression, dysthymia, anxiety, personality changes, compulsive behavior, denial, and co-occurring disorders (“Mental”). Depression refers to a serious medical illness that affects one’s thoughts, feelings, behavior, mood and physical health. Depression is a life-long condition in which periods of wellness alternate with recurrences of illness. Depression can lead to feelings of sadness, poor concentration, lack of sleep (insomnia), fatigue, appetite disturbances, excessive guilt, and thoughts of suicide. These symptoms tend to increase over time. Five – eight percent of adults are affected by depression each year in the U.S, which means 25 million Americans will experience major depression just this year alone (“What”). Some people feel that drinking alcohol will just “drown your sorrows” or in other words...
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...us to understand (1) why different people react differently to the same drugs, (2) how people can modify these reactions through their own efforts, and (3) how people's relationships with their environments determine drug reactions rather than vice versa. Social-learning theorists have been especially active in alcoholism, where they have analyzed how alcoholics' expectations and beliefs about what alcohol will do for them influence the rewards and behaviors associated with drinking (Marlatt 1978; Wilson 1981). Yet it has also been social-learning theorists who have launched the alcohol-dependence syndrome and who seem to feel subjective interpretation is far less important than the pharmacological effects of alcohol in causing drinking problems (Hodgson et al. 1978, 1979). This lacuna in their theorizing is most noticeable in the inability of modem social-learning theorists to make sense out of cultural variations in drinking styles and experiences (Shaw 1979). Whereas McClelland et al. (1972) offered an experiential bridge between individual and cultural conceptions about alcohol (see chapter 5), behaviorists have regularly rejected this kind of synthesis in favor of direct observations and objective measurements of alcoholic...
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...has been believed that alcoholism runs down family lines, generation after generation. Is there scientific truth to this? Could the addiction be embedded in the human genome? John Crabbe and Justin Rhodes invite you to study their 10 years of research. Taking mice and making them alcohol-dependent, studying their human-like tendencies; alcohol tolerance, withdrawal symptoms, and voluntarily drinking alcohol and in some instances doing extra work for the tipple intoxicant. Using methods of genetic engineering, gene expression profiling and quantitative locus mapping, the two colleagues are equipped to haunt down the chromosome and location where alcoholism lay. With the genome being so outstandingly large, can a gene for alcoholism be merely pinpointed? After years of trying the scientists come closer then anyone before them, but it is Dr. Tamara J. Philips who furthers the journey and exploration. New strategies are needed to stop and treat this disease; a location in the genome is imminent upon us. For centuries, alcoholism has been destroying many lives. The act of an addiction to something as harmful has alcoholism demolished families, relationships, and one’s own body. Alcohol on average is responsible for 100,000 deaths in America per year, whether it is from drunk-driving accidents, health problems, or various others means (Harwood, 1992). Children of addicts often feel isolated or depressed, because they tend to think the problem with their addictive parent(s)...
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