in relationships with friends, joins a newCrowd and their grades drop. To prevent teen alcohol abuse you need to set a good Positive example, communicate with your children, discuss legal and medical Consequences of drinking. Other signs include drinking alone or in secret, not Remembering conversations or commitments, a ritual of drinks before, during and after Dinner, keeping alcohol in unlikely places, gulping drinks or ordering doubles.The alcoholic is the victim and the goal is total abstinence. Sometimes however, Reducing consumption can help. If you drink a quart of Vodka each day then decrease to A pint of Vodka each day. It’s not failure, but it’s a start. Rewarding improvement does Not mean accepting continued drinking as an end. This step just prolongs the problems.But even abstinence alone cannot be the whole goal and treatment. Alcoholism is a way Of life so other changes must take place for treatment to be successful. Eliminating theDrinking could disrupt a person’s life with our making any positive improvements in it. Good treatment must be designed to help the recovering alcoholic deal with the world in New and more successful ways. They must develop new social skills and restructure They’re living patterns. The past twenty years, the availability of treatment services has grown Enormously. Almost every community has a program now. Intervention is the first stepIt’s the best way family and friends can attempt to make a difference for the patients Problem. The treatment of alcoholism is still in a transition period. Your first priorityIs to recognize the unique qualities of each individual and based on their particular life Circumstances and then make a careful selection of the proper treatment plan. You then Page 3Need to reach the alcoholic because they’re usually in denial. They perceive alcohol as a Friend that has helped reduce anxiety, ease pain, expresses or in...
