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Can We Predict Which Teenagers Will Binge Drink?

2014

Is it possible to predict which teenagers become binge drinkers? Neurologists might have found a way! Join Laci as she discusses a new study that says we can predict which teenagers are going to abuse alcohol by age 16.

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Parenting through Your Adult Child's Addiction: Making Sense of Treatment, Aftercare, and Recovery Recommendations

A resource for anyone dealing with family members or friends who are going through the process of addiction recovery. No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks.

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Ginny H. Mills
2019
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Teen athletes less likely to abuse opioids, study finds

Physically active teens are less likely to abuse opioids than non-athletes, study finds. Teens who play high-injury sports still need to be monitored, researcher says.

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Aria Hangyu Chen and Special to CNN
2016
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Addiction Proof Your Child: A Realistic Approach to Preventing Drug, Alcohol, and Other Dependencies

In a world where binge drinking, recreational and prescription drug abuse, chronic overeating and anorexia, and Internet gambling and pornography are all too common among teens, it’s time to rethink the conventional wisdom about addiction. We clearly need something more than “just say no.

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Stanton Peele
2007
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How to Help a Child Who Drinks Too Much Alcohol

Exploring the causes of alcoholism in youth can be an emotionally trying experience, to say the least. Here's what you need to know.

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Editorial Staff
2020
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Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery

Everyone suffers when there’s an addict in the family. Written by an expert in alcohol and drug addiction and recovery, this no-nonsense guide will help you understand the causes of addiction, end enabling behaviors, support your loved one’s recovery, and learn how to cope with relapses.

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Robin Barnett
2016
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Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction

“What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong?” Those are the wrenching questions that haunted every moment of David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery.

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David Sheff
2009
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Make a Difference: Talk to Your Child About Alcohol - Parents

With so many drugs available to young people these days, you may wonder, “Why develop a booklet about helping kids avoid alcohol?” Alcohol is a drug, as surely as cocaine and marijuana are. It’s also illegal to drink under the age of 21. And it’s dangerous.

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Binge Drinking in Teens and Young Adults

Binge drinking is defined for men as drinking 5 or more drinks in a row (in 2 hours or less), and 4 or more drinks for women.

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Diana Zuckerman PhD, Padma Ravichandran, and Elly Field, National Center for Health Research
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Underage Drinking

Underage alcohol consumption is common in the United States and can have harmful outcomes. A comprehensive approach that includes effective policy strategies can prevent underage drinking and related harms.

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CDC
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Kids and Alcohol

As much as parents may not like to think about it, the truth is that many kids and teens try alcohol during their high school and college years, long before it's legal for them to drink it. Research has shown that nearly 80% of high school kids have tried alcohol.

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Amy W. Anzilotti, MD
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Child’s Alcohol Addiction