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Planning an Alcohol Intervention?
If you have a friend or family member who is suffering from alcoholism, you are no doubt aware of the byproduct of the disease. You’ve probably witnessed the alcoholic isolate from friends and family, a decline in health, problems at work, depression and perhaps criminal issues. To make matters worse, alcoholism has been described as progressive, meaning that over time it gets worse. To put it a different way, where the alcoholic is presently at in his lifestyle and overall condition is as good as it gets for him. And for most alcoholics, that condition is dismal.
You may have tried to convince the alcoholic to get help. You’ve begged, pleaded and cried, all to no avail. Alcoholics are brilliant with their defense mechanisms, and will say and do most anything to get you off his back, end the conversation and resume his drinking in peace.
Are We Taught Enough?
When growing up you are taught to learn. Then apply that knowledge to succeed in what ever activity. This process fulfills our lives with intelligent, careers, money, love, friendship, and pride. Schools in American have some of the best teachers and learning tools of the World. Individuals come from all over the globe to get a education in American. Then take what they have learned and implement the education in their country.
Americas education may be one of the best, but are we taught all that we need to know. Do we get out of high school, or even college ready for the road ahead. What do we learn? Math, Science, History, Literature, English. The basics right. All of those subjects will help you in life at one time or another. What is it that you really need to know to be successful in life?
Alcohol Rehab Must be Made a Priority for America’s Youth
A recent study by the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions found that if drinking begins before the age of 15, the young person is four times more likely to become an alcoholic than if he hadn’t started drinking until he was 21 or older. As more kids turn to drinking, and turn into alcoholics as they get older, alcohol rehab centers could have a tough time meeting demand.
In the 1960s and 1970s, many states lowered the legal drinking age to 18 years old. A review of data since that time reveals an increase in alcohol related traffic deaths. This prompted advocacy groups to push for the legal drinking age to be raised again to 21 years old. By the mid to late 1980s, all states had adopted the same legal drinking age and alcohol related traffic fatalities dropped.
Steroids in Youth Sports
It used to be that kids would join little league teams excited to play baseball, football and hockey. Young boys all over the country had dreams of being the next Mickey Mantle or Roger Staubauch. These days, as kids innocently join teams ready to begin their dream of becoming a professional in their chosen sport, and as parents cheer from the stands hoping that their little one doesn’t get hurt, the pressure to be bigger, faster and stronger than the other guy gets harder to ignore.
With professional sports contracts paying out millions of dollars for each player every year, a kid’s dreams can bring him fame and a pretty big fortune. But only if he is successful at beating out every other kid with the same dream. Out of the 1,500 or so active professional football players, there are maybe millions of kids who dream of being a great pro quarterback. With those odds, kids, sometimes coaches, and sometimes even parents begin looking for an edge for their child. Even though they are illegal to use more and more kids are turning to steroids to give them the edge they are looking for.
