HS parents who provide booze to students

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<p>excellent…</p>

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<p>Please feel free to PM me. While I am not a working substance abuse counselor (and hence won’t provide any counseling, even via e-mail), I do know about dependency services (it’s what I do for a living), and can help you think about what you need. College services are often excellent these days (and underutilized). </p>

<p>And, as Marian notes, you are already paying for them.</p>

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<p>geez, I open the morning paper and see this:</p>

<p>Father charged in teens’ alcohol party</p>

<p>Nearly 50 were drinking beer, hard liquor, police say
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
BY GABRIEL H. GLUCK
Star-Ledger Staff</p>

<p>Nearly 50 teenagers, many of them believed to be students at Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, are facing charges of underage drinking following a Saturday night party in Mountainside busted by local police.
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Charges were also lodged against the 51-year-old father of the teen throwing the party. **</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/union/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1163483131234830.xml&coll=1[/url]”>http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/union/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1163483131234830.xml&coll=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>And I opened our paper and found that 76% of the seniors at a nearby high school had had an alcoholic beverage in the last month and 38% had smoked pot.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061114/NEWS02/611140343/1018/NEWS02[/url]”>http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061114/NEWS02/611140343/1018/NEWS02&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>mathmom: I believe that paper you read is about 5 years old. Unfortunately, probably 76% of the parents do not recognize that their son/daughter is included in these numbers. I wonder how long it will take for us (as a society) to really open our eyes and see past the headlines?</p>

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<p>Just a quick update…</p>

<p>I’ve been having some possibly serious medical problems recently, and the doctor I saw today told me I could absolutely not drink alcohol until they figure out what’s wrong with me. She was pretty adamant about it, and I think alcohol has the capacity to put me in very bad shape very quickly with regard to my health. So, I guess that pretty much makes my choice. I’m not terribly happy about it, but I guess I’m going to have to go with it.</p>

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<p>Good news, corranged! Alcohol is implicated in a number of disorders, including depression. Alcohol disrupts the functioning of the hippocampus, which is involved in both memory formation and emotions. In fact, most SSRI’s stimulate the growth of neurons in the hippocampus – that’s why it can take several weeks for these drugs to work. They improve depression by increasing availability of seratonin and through the growth of neurons in that part of the brain. </p>

<p>Alcohol and adolescents just don’t mix.</p>

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<p>Corranged: Sorry to hear that your health is not 100%. Very happy to hear that you know you shouldn’t be drinking and hope that you don’t. Maybe you will find you can still have fun without the shots.</p>

<p>My friend smoked 2 and1/2 packs cigs a day. Amazingly one morning she woke up took one puff and it was the worst taste she ever had in her life. She thought the cigs were bad and bought 2 or 3 more packs until she realized it was her. Come to find out she was pregnant! Lucky, lucky her.</p>