Kids who are drinking regularly in high school seem to be fully aware of the penalties and laws against underage drinking, possession but don't care. They all know that driving drunk can cause harm to themselves and others, but never think that anything can happen to them. For example, the first weekend of my junior year there was a horrible wreck that killed two of my friends and injured everyone in the truck. My boyfriend at that time was in the truck and is now paralyzed from the waist down. He will not ever be able to walk, run or drive a car. He tells me now that walking is just a faint memory. While he was in Dallas in the hospital I went and visited him. The guy in his room was also in a car wreck due to alcohol. He had brain damage and half of his skull was missing. His head was caved in in the back. He could not talk, walk , but he could look around. Being up ther

e at the hospital and seeing all the awful things alcohol can do to you should have made me think about drinking, shamefully it did not stop me

Teens drink for many different reasons. A big reason for teens to start to drink is because of problems in their family life. Teens could have a bad relationship with their parents or their parents could get in a fight or even get a divorce and this could cause a drinking problem among their child. Sometimes these children have been neglected or abused which makes them feel unwanted or they have been pressured and feel worthless if they fail. Many kids drink to make them feel older and mature. Some people think alcohol makes you more confident and sociable. Another cause of teenage drinking is escape from stress of school if they are overwhelmed with work or that they get really worried over slipping grades and that they just need to relax. what most teenagers do not know is that it really only makes things worse. Many teens drink because of peer pressure or just to fit in. Kids may think that if they drink then they will fit in with the crowd and become more popular. Kids spend most of their spare time partying. Most of the people who do not drink usually get pressured just so the drunk people can have something to talk about. Most people think that in small towns like Dimmitt, there is not anything to do, except to drink and party. In Dimmitt we do not have anywhere to go to keep us from doing bad stuff. Usually going to a party is the only exciting thing that goes on in Dimmitt. At school you can tell who drinks alot and who doesnt. In all of my classes I have a guy that drinks almost everyday in town. He never has any of his homework and projects done and when his teachers ask him about it he says he did not know how to do it. His friends miss school alot because they are a

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