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By: A Lot To Lose | The Butterfly Effect

A Lot To Lose | The Butterfly Effect — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:56:18 +0000

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By: Danni Miller

Danni Miller — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:54:12 +0000

Thank you for joining in the conversation here Jocelyn! The legal age for drinking in Australia is 18 rather than 21. I’d be really interested to hear your thoughts on this – do you think this would make much difference? Are 21 year olds more able to make sensible decisions on drinking than 18 year olds?

By: Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:00:41 +0000

I agree that binge drinking is a growing problem among teens. I do think, however, that any teen or young adult who is going to drink should drink responsibly regardless if you are 21 or younger (even though you should not drink illegally). Because I am a college student I am accustomed to seeing other students drinking to get drunk and then feel they are able to drive. If you are going to drink you should always have someone present that will be a designated driver or call a cab because you are not only endangering yourself but others as well.

I also think that when you drink you should have limits and abide by them no matter what. You should not have to drink to get drunk all the time. Whatever happened to just going to hang out with a few friends, get a drink, and go home??

By: jocelyn

jocelyn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:28:36 +0000

I also think that drinking is becoming a problem in underage teens and also with young adults. Me being a young adult I know that most often teens feel stressed, college students especially, and want to go out and drink to get away from it all. I think all this is fine, but teens should set limits and abide by them so they will not drink to much and begin binging. I also agree that no one should ever drink and drive. If you are going to drink at least be responsible with it. You will not only ruin your life but also could ruin another.

By: katiemcneill

katiemcneill — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:55:08 +0000

The other day my friend and i were talking about how in high school we always had Designated Drivers (DD’s) to every party we went to, but how when we came to college that all changed. we couldn’t remember the last time we had a DD– our rule was just whoever seemed the most able to drive, drove home. Reading this showed just how stupid we really are, and that drinking really does affect us more than we think. We are small girls, and even though it doesn’t seem like we’re drinking alot or doing any damage to ourselves, we really are. I especially agree with the part that says 1 in 5 girls has done something they regret when drunk.” There have been so many times when my friends and I have looked back on our nights and regretted numerous things that we did. My friends and I never want to hurt someone because of our actions when we drink, but I’m afraid that if we don’t cut back on the drinking, something bad could actually happen to us.

By: Jane Higgins

Jane Higgins — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:15:55 +0000

A young friend of mine (17 years old and a P plater) recently got caught drink driving!! Her parents are away at the moment and she thought she would have 2 drinks and then water – “I’ll have no booze in my body when I leave” WRONG! She will now loose her licence and have to take public transport everywhere. This mistake will also impact on her future Uni courses and her job. She knew the risks and she ran them – now I know, she wishes she hadn’t! This time her actions really only impacted her but what if she had hurt someone or herself – she would never forgive herself.
We must encourage our young to look after themselves in mind, body and spirit – to honor themselves in all that they do.

By: Francesca

Francesca — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:52:45 +0000

Another thing that really scares me about underage drinking is the fact that some teen drinkers are also drivers. To quote some data released by the RTA this year; “One third of all drink drivers in fatal crashes are aged 17-24 years (despite making up only about one-seventh of all licensed drivers).” and “30 per cent of all fatal drink drive crashes occur between 9 pm and 3 am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.” With the party season in full swing lets look after eachother and do our best to keep safe and have fun!

For some more information on keeping safe during the party season check out one of the links provided by the RTA:
http://www.youthsafe.org
Additional to that try:
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/hubpages/hub_youngdrivers.html

By: Dorothy Stahlnecker

Dorothy Stahlnecker — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:37:55 +0000

Danni, this is a perfect article to begin recognition that our kids are out of control regarding drinking. So far five of my daughters 7 children have had some kind of issue with drinking too much. Each time we have stepped up to the plate and discussed that they should not drink and why. We’ve made progress however, there is a long way to go yet, and information like yours above it helpful.

It brings home this is all our problem. If we could only make the celebrities understand what they do has long term affects on our kids. Perhaps they would try to be better behaved. (is this wishful thinking)

I hope continuing to show these kids loosing control and using bad judgment when drinking are only two consequences which can change your life if you drink.

I’d love to have you authorize us to post this article on grammology this week. It’s very important to our crusade to help our children stop drinking.

Even Sherry’s wonderful 12 now 13 year old son thinks it’s kool to drink. Like you we won’t give up teaching him otherwise.

Thank you for being..such a conscientious mom and blogger.
Dorothy from grammology,
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http://grammology.com