Extent Of Teenage Alcohol Problems

Unfortunately teenage alcohol abuse, consumption and addiction is becoming even more of an everyday occurrence, so much so, that we are being desensitized to its impacts on not only our lives but the people’s around us. We overlook the seriousness of the suffering teenagers experiencing every bit of the devastating side effects and impacts of alcohol consumption and addiction. Physical proof to the growing customary extent of teenage alcohol problems is clearly shown in many national studies conducted by CDC (centre for disease control and prevention). One example of these studies was a survey given to teenagers, it questioned their drinking levels of the past 30 days  (available here http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/underage-drinking.htm) and found a whopping 39% drank some amount of alcohol, 22% binge drank, 8% drove after drinking and 24$ rode home with a drunk driver. The reality of the extent of teenage drinking problems lies deep with our mind and takes the cold facts to retrieve and bring to our attention. Teenage drinking problems are so common these days that if you are a teenager who doesn’t drink, you are considered scared, a coward, chicken when in fact it should be the opposite.