Drinking

Drinking alcohol is dangerous for kids and teens and sometimes for adults, too. Alcohol is a drug, and it is the drug most abused by teens. Drinking alcohol changes the way your mind and body works. You can get addicted to it and it can lead you to make bad decisions. When people drink too much, they might do or say things they don’t mean. They might hurt themselves or other people, especially if they drive a car. Being depressed or drinking because your friends do it, is not a reason to drink. Alcohol is actually a depressant. That means it’s a drug that slows down or depresses the brain.   

Facts about drinking:

1. It makes you fat. Alcohol has a lot of calories and it makes you eat unhealthy foods.

2. It makes you make bad decisions. It can cause you to say and do things you don’t mean to do.

3. It makes you depressed instead of relieving it.

 

 Ways to say no to alcohol:

 

1. Suggest something else to do instead of drinking. Suggest something else that’s crazy, like bungie jumping or go cart racing.

2. Say what the consequences could be. “Do you know drinking makes you fat and ugly?”

3. Find a new set of people to hang out with.

You have the power to say “NO” to drinking.

BY: Ash”lee” Cooper