Alcohol and young people

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Regrettable Behaviours

Having a few drinks at a party or with friends can be fun. However, when people don’t know when to stop and end up drinking too much, it can cause them to do some fairly embarrassing and even dangerous things. Some examples include

• becoming aggressive with strangers and even friends and family;
• becoming over-emotional;
• vomiting;
• losing control and injuring yourself, and maybe others;
• being rejected by friends and potential partners; and
• unplanned sexual behaviour, which could lead to unwanted pregnancy or disease.

It’s likely that we’ve all seen someone do one or some of those things. Fortunately, most people who do drink will do so in a controlled manner, such as sticking to the guidelines outlined by the National Health and Medical Research Council (www.alcoholguidelines.gov.au) and just being aware of how you react to alcohol as an individual.

If you want more information then go to the following pages:

Drinking Choices
www.drinkingchoices.gov.au

Alcohol – Teenagers
http://www.betterhealthchannel.com.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Alcohol_and_teenagers?OpenDocument

Drink Spiking
http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/browse.asp?ContainerID=drink_spiking

http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/newsletter.asp?ContainerID=drinkspike

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