The Risks of Teen Drinking and Drug Use

The Risks of Teen Drinking and Drug Use

Why is it important to consider teen drinking a problem?

Why is it important to consider teen drinking a problem?

Isn't teen drinking normal?

Isn't teen drinking normal?

Are there significant risks to teen drinking and drug use and what are they?

Are there significant risks to teen drinking and drug use and what are they?

Why are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?

Why are teens susceptible to these kinds of risks?

If a teen does not drink in highschool are they more likely to go crazy in college?

If a teen does not drink in highschool are they more likely to go crazy in college?

How does drinking affect a teenager?

How does drinking affect a teenager?

Is drinking a normal activity?

Is drinking a normal activity?

Why would a person consider quitting drinking?

Why would a person consider quitting drinking?

How to Quit Drinking

How to Quit Drinking

The Risks of Teen Drinking and Drug Use

The Risks of Teen Drinking and Drug Use

What can influence a teen to drink?

What can influence a teen to drink?

What do parents need to look for when considering teen alcohol abuse?

What do parents need to look for when considering teen alcohol abuse?

What is a protective factor with alcohol abuse?

What is a protective factor with alcohol abuse?

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Judith Welles Cousins

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, private practitioner

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Judith has worked in the field of mental health and substance abuse since 1988,  She received her Masters in Social Work from Virginia Commonweatlh University in 1991 and was licensed as a clinical social worker in 1994.  In her private practice, Judith sees adults, families, children and adolescents, and couples. She addresses such issues as substance abuse, depession, anxiety, family discord, couple conflict, poor school performance, and  life transitions. Judith believes that within each individual, family, and couple are the resources to change, heal, and thrive.  Through the process of psychotherapy, she assists clients to identify and use these resources to gain personal and relational well-being.      

If a teen does not drink in highschool are they more likely to go crazy in college?

Host: If a teen does not drink in high school, are they more likely to go crazy in college?

Judith Welles Cousins: I mean it certainly can happen, if there is a lot of -- and certainly if there is a lot of rigidity or a lot of teenagers being overprotective when they are in high school, when they get in college because they have more freedom, they are more likely to experiment, they are more likely to drink and use drugs because there is no real controls for that when you are a teenager and you are at home and in you are in your high school, you have more supervision and more controls.

So certainly possible for that to happen, but even taking that into consideration, if you are drinking and drugging at age 18 or 19 or 20, you are still putting yourself at greater risk. So the older you are when you first start using, when you start drinking, the less likely you are to develop a dependency and that's because of physiological and neurochemical reasons.

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Host: If a teen does not drink in high school, are they more likely to go crazy in college?

Judith Welles Cousins: I mean it certainly can happen, if there is a lot of -- and certainly if there is a lot of rigidity or a lot of teenagers being overprotective when they are in high school, when they get in college because they have more freedom, they are more likely to experiment, they are more likely to drink and use drugs because there is no real controls for that when you are a teenager and you are at home and in you are in your high school, you have more supervision and more controls.

So certainly possible for that to happen, but even taking that into consideration, if you are drinking and drugging at age 18 or 19 or 20, you are still putting yourself at greater risk. So the older you are when you first start using, when you start drinking, the less likely you are to develop a dependency and that's because of physiological and neurochemical reasons. 1

What do parents need to look for when considering teen alcohol abuse?

What do parents need to look for when considering teen alcohol abuse?

What are the signs at home that a teen is drinking?

What are the signs at home that a teen is drinking?

What are the signs at school that a teen is drinking?

What are the signs at school that a teen is drinking?

What are the ways that a teen's personal behavior indicates alcohol abuse?

What are the ways that a teen's personal behavior indicates alcohol abuse?

What are some psychological and emotional signs that a teen is drinking?

What are some psychological and emotional signs that a teen is drinking?

How does teen drinking affect the family specifically?

How does teen drinking affect the family specifically?

What can influence a teen to drink?

What can influence a teen to drink?

How do genetics influence teen drinking?

How do genetics influence teen drinking?

What are the effects of teen drinking?

What are the effects of teen drinking?

How does approval or censure influence teen drinking?

How does approval or censure influence teen drinking?