teen health
Alcohol and Drugs Have Lasting And Damaging Effects Awareness Education Is Prevention
One of the many problems with both drugs and alcohol is it’s effects on our judgment and impulse control. While the focus of most discussions is on how drugs or alcohol effect the mind and body, one of the big issues, is the problem of loosing our ability for good reason and making decisions while under the influence.
As a licensed therapist, I have seen many clients. Most describe there worst behavior or problems with the law as a result of either being under the influence of drugs or alcohol. They continue to explain that if they hadn’t been drinking or using drugs they wouldn’t have made the impulsive or nonsensical decisions they came to the day they were using.
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A Look at Alcohol and Depression
Which came first the chicken or the egg? What about alcoholism and depression? Many drink because they’re depressed while others are depressed because they drink. As a recovering alcoholic, I believe they are some definite connections between the two, but believe that the drinking came first. Let me explain.
I started drinking in my early teens. When I became an alcoholic, I’m not sure, but alcohol remained fun for me for many years, well into my late twenties. Some say that an alcoholic stops growing emotionally at the time they began drinking alcoholically. The point is that for so many years I used alcohol to dampen my emotional feelings. When I was happy or sad I drank, it didn’t matter what I was feeling, alcohol was always part of my life. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, I was actually numbing my feelings and not really learning or growing emotionally. Years later when I would eventually seek recovery, learning how to deal with my emotions was difficult.
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Anger Management For Children – Can I Handle This on My Own
One of the more difficult child behavior traits to accurately identify is anger. How do you tell the difference between normal anger and frustration that all children experience from time to time and the start of a serious anger behavior problem? If started early an effective program that teaches anger management for children can prevent serious behavioral problems as your child develops.
This may sound difficult at first but there are many anger management resources for children available online or at your local library that can get you started down the right path. The good news is that most anger management activities for children can be in the form of games or stories. In addition to controlling your child’s anger, you will be spending time with them in play. The extra time and attention spent working on this can help control anger in children.
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