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SIGNS OF DRINKING DANGER

  • The family’s influence on teen drinking choices
  • Social drinking
  • The definition of binge drinking
  • What’s a blackout?
  • Hangovers-why?
  • Underage drinking-children who drink
  • The definition of addiction
  • The physical reason for withdrawal

THINGS EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BREAKING OUT THE BEER BONG

  • The beer bonging culture
  • Up-to-the minute research on alcohol studies
  • The hippocampus and dopamine
  • Adolescent brain development
  • Effects of chronic heavy drinking on brain development
  • Effects of chronic heavy drinking on memory and mental function
  • Spill over on campus….the aftermath of heavy drinking on all students
  • Red flags for problem drinking
  • Tolerance of alcohol
  • Dependence on alcohol

QUESTIONS EVERY DRINKER SHOULD ASK

  • Genetics and family history in alcoholism
  • High risk for young men who drink
  • Statistics on results of heavy chronic-drinking

The Big Business of Alcohol

  • Pro-government lobbying for alcohol
  • Health effects and alcohol
  • Parents’ drinking choices
  • Adult brain damage from social drinking

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  • What families can do about a heavy drinker in the family
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  • When to get help
  • Support by colleges for drinking choices-what’s out there
  • Twelve-step programs
  • What rehab is like
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  • Awareness of drinking choices-the chance to make a life-long difference
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