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I have had alcohol. I even got drunk when I was a teen from peer pressure. But now as an adult, I rarely drink.....no desire to. I have also used narcotic pain killers after surgery and never had the desire to continue using them once the pain was gone which was usually within a week. It must be something in my genes. I know so many people addicted to drugs and alcohol. I think if we could find the addiction genes, we could wipe out addiction. What do you think?

I guess addiction esp. with alcohol and drugs in not genetic it's a matter of choice. However, rehab center can help people who's with such addiction.

2008-07-26 11:05:07 by toobored

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And not just heroin, but other drugs and alcohol as well. I have noticed that teens today have been wasting their lives ruining it because of drugs. Are there common factors, reasons on why this is so?

I believe that the reason why a lot of teens are so susceptible to drug and alcohol abuse is because they are keen on experimenting. It's easy for them to succumb to things just because of plain curiosity. If they have friends who are doing heroin and alcohol, peer pressure and the desire to belong are big factors that will have them trying out those substances as well. Conflict and problems are also reasons. A lot of teens try drugs and alcohol because these are the things that give them escape from their reality. And because drugs, such as heroin, are highly addictive, these teens end up relying on these substances more and more.

2007-06-12 18:57:03 by annalisa la

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I am hearing more stories in the media of some teens sending an outrageous number of text messages each day. There is also the incidence of Teens texting while driving which they know is distracting and dangerous, but when tested and interviewed on this, they can't seem to resist it entirely while driving, leading to a movement by some to try to make a law against it.

The texting addiction is sounding similar to other kinds of addictions (e.g. to alcohol, drugs, gambling, compulsive shopping).

But I am looking for one or more teens who have this addiction or know other teens who have it, to please explain it to me. What is the compulsion to send so many text messages? Do teens know that many people? Or is it usually to just a few who may also have the texting addiction? What do you text about that is so compelling that you can't stop it on your own? Would you go into withdrawal if all your texting devices were taken away? How might it be different from people who are compulsive about emailing or checking their email inbox throughout the day to the detriment of other necessary activities? Is there some addictive connection to the handheld texting device, similar to how some are addicted to their Game Boy?

ok, though i am not physically or mentally addicted, i do text a lot. and i am a teen.

texting with teens is like parents with the word no. its always there. teens, like myself a nd a lot of my friends, prefer to send a text because it's a lot quieter, and although i dont do this at all, they can send them in school without anyone hearing them. also, texting is more fun than calling. you get to use awesome abbreviations, and its quick and easy. however, ive been through where i couldnt text for a few days because my wrists were sore. anyway, for people like me and my friends and classmates, texting is the new email and AIM, with a more likely chance that it will get to the person. instant gratification, you know. in school, they have threatened to permanently confiscate our phones forever if they catch us with them. and kids still do it. many kids have had their phones taken away 5 or 6 times so far this week, and still they arent inforcing the rule they put into effect. texting is the easiest way to talk these days. if i dont text for a few days, im ok. but my one classmate does actually go into withdrawl and starts acting really really strange. once she gets her phone back shes fine. overall, although some people dont get it, i guess that texting is just what teens do for fun now. it also could do with the fact of, again, parents cant hear the conversation if its inappropriate. texting is just a fun and easy way to talk,and with all the new cool phones out, why not?


hope i answered your question. (:

2009-06-10 03:18:19 by John S.

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The grammar and spelling may be terrible (i apologize).
I have been thinking about this for some time now. I am now 27 and over the last 7 years have experienced way too much drug and alcohol incidents. I'm trying real hard to hit the key points of why I think the last 7 years of my life would interest anyone enough to read. From grade school until I graduated high school, I remained the most straight edge kid you ever met. I Even graduated high school being on National Honor's society and was near the top of the class. I was an athlete and came from a middle class family, but the whole time I was dealing with an alcoholic father on the weekends. He was a good father most of the time, but did not handle drinking so well. For that reason, I did not have a drink until I was almost 21, but did start doing drugs at age 20. I have been arrested 7 times for alcohol related incidents and yet I have held down a very respected professional job for three years now after graduating college with a 3.2. I have friends that are millionaires and friends that have literally lived on the street. I have a daughter that was born when I was 25. I have dwelt with addiction problems since I can remember. Starting early with being addicted to being perfect in everything I did, which then turned into playing basketball, and then right before drugs, I was addicted to sex. To try and quit one addiction I just start doing another more often. Every time I quit doing drugs, I start drinking more or becoming addicted to sex again. I discovered online poker which became my worst addiction of all. To this day I am paying back over 6000 in credit cards used to play online poker during college. I am in the process of going through my 2nd DUI which may result in the losing of my job. I have dwelt with being put in a psych ward twice and have been given the diagnosis of Manic Depressant (Bi Polar) and having generalized anxiety since I was 18. I fight off abusing drugs for months at a time only to end up going back or becoming a worst alcoholic again.
I am looking for a way to make everything bad and dumb I have done be helpful and meaningful some way.I think that maybe If I wrote a book telling my life story so far, that it might be able to help some people. I have experienced a lot of life in a few short years that people who are lucky only have to watch in movies. Also, because of my profession, it is ridiculous that I am the person that I am. I know its wrong and I feel bad, yet I still do dumb things. I was the youngest person to ever be voted "employee of the month " at my job. Yet, I've had to deal with all the guilt of the bad things I keep doing. My book would focus on having three goals: to entertain, to educate,and to help: either those people about the make the same mistakes I did, or to help their families to understand the mind set of someone with an addictive personality.

The book would include sex, drugs, over coming them, and how to deal with them, . I am not sure if there are many books out there like this. I know a lot of people have lived WAY worst lives, but most of the ones that I know, never finished college, are behind bars, are have passed away.

I have managed to get a good job, do it well, yet I still deal with the addiction issues and am still figuring out how to stop.

Thanks for your time and I am fine with criticisms, but the real question I am asking is if you think this is a book worth writing to be read. I am also going to be pursuing a career as a speaker to younger children and teens about my life and ideas to stay clean.

From what you say I think your book would help many people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Follow your dreams and write the book. I wish you lots of luck.

2009-05-31 23:13:43 by A

I need some quick and hard facts from credible sources on underage drinking in China.
stuff like "____ many underage teens suffer from alcohol addiction"
or "_____ vendors have admitted to have sold to underage teens"

if there are too many reasons, give me websites, which may even be better. i need this for a speech im giving, please help thanks!

Since the drinking age was only introduced a few years ago, statistics involving underage drinking are hard to come by, other than to say 80% of high school students have "tried" drinking alcohol.

However, the Shanghai Star did report vague statistics compiled in a study of young people and alcohol use. In the 1980s, a survey of 38,000 15 to 17-year-old Chinese students showed only 7 were addicted to alcohol (.02% approximately). A similar survey in the 1990s showed that number to be 3.7 times higher (.07%) (but still tiny compared to the West).

Statistics show that an average Chinese person consumes less than half of the alcohol an average European does. Their strict culture regulates consumption far better than legislation does in the West. Young (under 30) Chinese girls will rarely be seen smoking in public, and likewise, they will rarely consume alcohol of any amount.

Smoking is far more popular among boys, and likewise so is alcohol consumption. Still, amongst the young it is primarily done at social events, where very few young people are likely to be drinking alone.

I have quite a bit of experience living in China and socializing with college-aged students, and I would guess that less than 1% of *college students* suffer from alcohol addiction, and they are above age 18.

How many vendors will admit selling to underage teens? None will *admit* it, but ALL have done it -- because they never check ID. A very young child can go to a store and say he is buying beer for his father, and the store clerk will most likely sell it to them. It is common for children to pick up cigarettes for their parents.

About 2/3 of Chinese alcohol consumption is of spirits, in the form of a rice liquor called "bijio." Young people generally don't like the taste (as most non-Chinese people think it's disgusting), so drinking amongst the young is primarily in the form of low concentration beer. You will find considerably more alcohol addiction among the older population, some of whom drink bijio heated in the morning, like coffee. The only place you can get "cocktails" are Western-style nightclubs, and the price of foreign liquor is extremely expensive compared to Chinese brewed beer and liquor.

If you want to give a speech about addictions amongst Chinese teens, try *video games* instead. If your speech is about alcohol problems in the west, you can confidently say that Chinese teens don't have the same problem.

The best websites for statistics on Chinese alcohol use are below:

2008-12-01 03:45:37 by Monkeychow