IN SOCIETY…

      It is well known that participation in games with alcohol encourages fast consumption of large quantities of alcohol. New research shown that private parties could encourage school students to drink excessively.
      An American team wanted to see the behavior of the students at 66 parties for a period of one school year. For this, they wrote the concentration of alcohol in blood. They found out that at parties, girls drink more than boys, and that surprised them. Students who came to socialize and those who go to open parties drink less than those who go to private parties.
      Worried about these statistics, adults have decided to ask the support of qualified persons. They concluded that parents can help their children by having a free discussion, even from an early age, before 6th grade. As ideas to start a dialogue may be the following questions:

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     1.What will you do if you are at a party where are only alcoholic drinks?

     2.What will you do if your mate/mates wants/want only to drink and have a good time?

     3.What will you do if you find a student lying in the bath due to alcohol drink?

     4.What will you do if you are asked to take care of a colleague that is drunk?

        And to realize from time the potential problems, parents can ask their children if they like school, what activities are involved in, and if they made friends or know people who drink, if they feel moraly overwhelmed and the most important, what could they do as adults to help them. They also should offer them right information about alcohol. For example, that a certain quantity of beer, wine or whiskey contains the same quantity of alcohol.
        The most dangerous period is high-school where we all think we are big enough to take decisions alone. Most drink more often than once a week. Now it's easy to access beer and other alcoholic drinks, being "supported" and group pressure "to be sociable", "to relax" and "to have fun." We have to realize that we may not drink if we don’t want. People respond different to alcoholic drinks, so we should not be influenced by others. Anyway, each should take own decisions based on his thinking, experience and desire.