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Alcoholism in teenagers

The excess of alcoholism and excessive drinking and its dependency is not only a problem which is related to the adults, this problem affects good amount of teenagers too. There are significant amount of teenagers and adults who are between the age of 12 to 20 and have the habit of excessive alcoholism and even smoking.

According to a report the average age of youngsters trying a sip of alcohol is 11, this is the time when the basically start to experiment with their drinking habits and even make them frequent. According to the study the minimum average age from which the teenagers start frequent alcoholism is 15 years.

According to a study done by National Institute Of Alcohol Abuse, children or even teenagers who start drinking at age less than 15 years or even 15 are more dependent on alcohol. The probability of developing dependence in them is four times more than the dependence of people who start drinking at 21.

Early alcoholism habits in teenagers also result in anti social activities. Violence and other activities tend to increase wit consumption of alcohol. According to a research there are several million people round the globe that are prone to serious alcoholism, and they need someone to support their way out of it.

The three major causes of early death are automobile crashes, suicides and homicides. According to known sources alcohol is the most common reason behind all three of these causes.

While drinking is a problem which is personally related to the persons itself, but there are many causes that drag a person towards alcohol. Few of these causes are peer pressures, experimentations and even sensation seeking impulsiveness.

Alcoholism and related habits tends to show an upper graph during the age of adolescence and even the peak adulthood age (18-22). This alcohol related habit decrease gradually as the age of the person increases. Person who are regular alcohol users are in risk of contracting problems that may lead to low concentration power, they also show difficulty in attaining their goals and even find it difficult to handle serious issues.

Excessive alcoholism gives rise to serious mental disorders such as:

1. The alcoholic person may get depression.

2. The person may suffer from anxiety.

3. The person may also get oppositional defiant disorder.

4. They also undergo antisocial personality disorder.

Alcohol at times forces the individual towards taking hasty decisions, such as suicides and even planning and attempting antisocial activities. Research only suggests that these behaviors are correlated with each other and with alcohol intake.

Lack of parental guidance and lack of parental support is also a common reason as to why teenagers turn towards excessive alcoholism. Harsh hostility and even inconsistent behavior towards their children may also put teenagers towards the alcohol related habits. These factors significantly increase the alcoholic related problems in children and teenagers even.

Peer pressure can also said to be the most effective reason of drinking habits. People tend to drink after seeing that their friends and other people with them also drink. Other people influence the person’s mind and cause a change in his own attitude.

Parents should guide teenagers and should tell the difference between good or bad, they should guide students towards morally correct things and habits.