Dante was a sixteen year old high school junior who was manifesting quite a few alcohol-related issues at school. Therefore, the principal informed him that he had to see Miss Johnson, the school counselor, before he would be allowed to come back to class.

Later that day when Dante went home after school, he had to go over his school suspension with his Mother and Father. His Mom and Dad were “relatively old fashioned” and told Dante that dropping out of school was not an acceptable educational game plan. They informed Dante that failing to graduate from high school would probably be like a lead weight around his legs that could probably impair his educational aspirations for the rest of his adult life. What is more, Dante’s Mom and Dad were very distraught that he was drinking in the first place and drinking with his pals in the second.

They told Dante that although he may be a teenager, he needs to comprehend rather quickly that drinking is the route to pain, failure, ill health, and financial problems.

It was clear that his Mother and Father were on the same page as Dante’s principal and explained to Dante that he had to see Miss Johnson, the school psychologist. After his dialogue with his Mom and Dad, Dante in the end agreed to see Miss Johnson the next day. So Dante phoned the school and scheduled an appointment to see Miss Johnson the next day during his sixth period class.

The Therapist Asks Dante if He Knows Why His Recent Alcohol-Related Activities Caused Quite a Bit of Anxiety By the School Administrators

When Dante arrived at his scheduled appointment with Miss Johnson, she immediately analyzed all of the alcohol-related problems Dante had experienced and asked him if he knew why his recent alcohol-related behavior caused quite a bit of anxiety by the school administrators.

Quite truthfully, Dante questioned why the principal told him he had to see a school counselor. As he stated to Miss Johnson, why should he see a professional therapist about his drinking circumstances? Since almost all of his friends drink as much if not more than he does, in effect, drinking shouldn’t be such a big deal. Stated another way, if nearly everybody is drinking, why is this such a major problem?

Miss Johnson asked Dante when he started to drink alcoholic beverages. He said that some of his older friends introduced him to drinking beer when he was twelve or thirteen years old and getting ready to enter the seventh grade.

Miss Johnson told Dante that while his buddies may in fact drink as much as he does and that they may be a bad influence on him, the facts are that he is the one who is getting discharged from school due to alcohol-related fighting, delinquency, and absenteeism, not his buddies. Furthermore, Miss Johnson also emphasized the fact that Dante, and not his classmates, is the one who is failing and who is missing one day of school every week due to his alcohol related issues. Lastly, Miss Johnson underscored the fact that due to his drinking circumstances, Dante is getting into a dangerous cycle of abusive drinking that can finally destroy his aspirations, hopes, and dreams.

In short, Dante’s involvement with youth alcohol abuse was starting to foil his ability to function as a responsible young man. As stated by Miss Johnson, “Just because most of your buddies drink beer, wine coolers, wine, or hard liquor does not mean that it is the correct behavior for you.”

Dante Learns That In the End He Must Be Accountable For Himself In Order to Avoid Damaging, Unhealthy, Dangerous, and Destructive Circumstances In the Future

Miss Johnson explained to Dante that one’s peers can unquestionably influence an individual in an unhealthy way, but that the person herself or himself has to in the end be accountable for herself or himself in order to stay away from destructive, unhealthy, dangerous, and damaging outcomes in the future.

Fortunately, Miss Johnson was well prepared for her appointment with Dante. She showed him research studies and reports she had underlined that summarized diverse drinking facts and statistics that targeted most people in general. Then she showed Dante quite a lot of information that applied mainly to teenagers.

For example, Miss Johnson stressed the difference between alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse and informed Dante that individuals who continue to drink excessively frequently become alcoholic.

Miss Johnson also articulated the concept of binge drinking which she defined as follows: ingesting four or more drinks in one sitting for females and drinking four or more drinks in one sitting for females.

The Counselor Conveys More Than a Few Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Statistics and Facts

Then Miss Johnson articulated various alcohol facts and the following eight alcohol abuse statistics:

1. According to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, there are 105,000 yearly alcohol-related deaths in the United States due to inebriated drivers and related diseases, medical conditions, or injuries.

2. Roughly one-fourth of all U.S. people who are admitted to general hospitals have alcohol-related problems or are undiagnosed individuals who are addicted to alcohol who are being treated for the results of their abusive drinking.

3. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States.

4. More than seven percent of the population that is 18 years old and older — almost 13.8 million Americans — has drinking problems, including 8.1 million individuals who suffer from alcoholism.

5. 500,000 Americans who are addicted to alcohol are between the ages of 9 and 12.

6. According to one U.S. study of 18 to 24 year-old current drinkers who did not complete high school, almost sixty percent began to drink before they were 16 years old.

7. Currently, almost 14 million Americans, 1 in every 13 adults, are alcoholic or abuse alcohol.

8. As revealed by the research literature, non-alcoholic members of alcoholic’s families use 10 times as much sick time as families who do not manifest alcohol problems.

Dante Gets A Relevant Wake Up Call Regarding the Long Term and the Short Term Outcomes of Underage Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

After Miss Johnson listed the aforementioned alcohol abuse and alcoholism facts and statistics, it was obvious that what Miss Johnson made known to Dante was a wake up call for him. Why? Because for the first time in his young life, someone not only made the effort to go over the short term and the long term consequences of alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction, but she also took the time to demonstrate what she was saying with alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse statistics and facts that related to everyone in general, and chiefly to underage drinkers.

In actual fact, it was almost as if a light went on and Dante without pause understood why he should not be engaging in abusive and hazardous drinking with or without his pals anymore. Dante thanked Miss Johnson for her concern and for the materials she discussed.

Miss Johnson then asked Dante how he felt about getting a physical exam and an alcohol evaluation for the alcohol abuse or alcoholism treatment he would probably need.

Dante thought about this for a minute and then agreed to get a comprehensive physical and to go through a thorough appraisal of his drinking behavior so that he could start an alcohol treatment program as soon as possible.

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