Category: Sober living
Get the Facts About Underage Drinking National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism NIAAA
Adolescents who are warned about the dangers of alcohol by their parents are less likely to start drinking during their teenage years. Traumatic events and child abuse are risk factors for alcohol abuse as an adolescent and as an adult. Alcohol and trauma statistics show that about 13 percent of alcohol dependent adolescents have diagnosed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Teenagers have less alcohol tolerance than adults and alcohol is particularly dangerous at young ages. When teenagers abuse alcohol at a young age it can lead to alcohol poisoning, which is a fatal condition if blood alcohol concentration (BAC) gets too high. If your teen… Read More