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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 drinking
• The Big Business of Alcohol
• Pro-government lobbying for alcohol
• Health effects and alcohol
• Parents' drinking choices
• Adult brain damage from social drinking

TOP RESOURCES FOR ALCOHOL ADDICTION

• Alcohol assessments CAGE test, Michigan test, the Jellinek Curve
• The Our Drink Communication Gauge for families and teens
• Talking to kids within the family about alcohol choices
• What families can do about a heavy drinker in the family
• Intervening with a heavy drinker
• Where kids can go to learn about drinking choices
• When to get help
• Support by colleges for drinking choices-what's out there
• Twelve-step programs
• What rehab is like
• What halfway living is like
• Awareness of drinking choices-the chance to make a life-long difference
• Education, alcohol awareness, persistence in parenting
• Our Drink lists over 35 links to resources on the Internet
• Our Drink offers over 65 references to alcohol and addiction studies, helpful book titles