PARENTS PLEASE STOP ALLOWING TEENAGERS TO DRINK  ALCOHOL!!(An occassional drink at home with you does not usually stop binging when they are with friends,as binge drinking is the style of drinking that is usual amoungst teens now.) No drinking is the safest rule,and is being advocated Internationally now. Get teens to become AlcoFreeTeens™, to save their brains being damaged by binge drinking. CHANCES OF ADDICTION. 40% if start Under 15 20% if start Under18 10% if start Over 21 BINGE OR HEAVY DRINKING = 5 UNITS within 2 hours!! Blackouts should never happen! That is brain damage drinking! ” THE BRAIN ONLY FINISHES DEVELOPING AT AGE 21. TEENAGERS WHO DRINK TOO MUCH (BINGE) MAY LOSE AS MUCH AS 10% OF THEIR BRAINPOWER- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PASSING AND FAILING IN SCHOOL ………AND IN LIFE.” Discover, Tapert, 2001. “THE YOUNGER SOMEONE IS WHEN THEY BEGIN TO DRINK ALCOHOL, THE MORE LIKELY THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME AN ALCOHOLIC. 40% OF DRINKERS WHO GOT STARTED BEFORE 15 WERE LATER CLASSIFIED AS ALCOHOL DEPENDENT.” (I.E. STARTING DRINKING AT 15 COMPARED TO STARTING AT 18, GIVES ONE 4 X THE CHANCE OF BECOMING AN ALCOHOLIC!!) NIAAA, 2001.

PARENTS AND DRUGGING. IMPORTANT INFO. ALCOHOL ALCOHOL IS A DRUG. IT IS THE MAIN DRUG PROBLEM IN SA. DON’T ALLOW DRINKING THEN DRIVING. DON’T ALLOW UNDER AGE DRINKING. ALCOHOLISM IS A HEREDITARY ILLNESS. DRINKING FAST CAN KILL YOU-ALCOHOL POISONING.(STOP BREATHING)*see below DRINKING CLUBS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. Check Alcohol & Sport(below) CIGARETTES CIGARETTES ARE DRUGS. THEY CAUSE THE MOST DEATHS / WORLD. 5 Million people die every year world wide, from smoking. 44,000 PEOPLE DIE A YEAR IN S.A. FROM SMOKING. Don't let children smoke,and parents should not smoke in the house or car with children present.If possible try and stop smoking - for your and their sake and health! ***** See below. The National Quit Line 011 720 3145 is a free service to help smokers quit the addiction to nicotine and the habit of smoking and tobacco use. DAGGA DAGGA IS A DRUG. IT IS ILLEGAL AND CAN GIVE A CRIMINAL RECORD. IT CAN DEMOTIVATE, AND AFFECT CONCENTRATION AND MEMORY. IT CAN MAKE STUDENTS FAIL. DAGGA BADLY AFFECTS DRIVING SKILLS AS IT SLOWS DOWN REACTION TIMES, AND AFFECTS PERCEPTIONS OF TIME AND SPACE. COCAINE COCAINE USE IS FAIRLY COMMON AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL. AFFECTS ATTENDANCE, AND MARKS. EXPENSIVE. IT CAN KILL THRO CARDIAC &/OR RESPIRATORY ARREST. BE VIGILANT. DRUG TEST IF WORRIED. Affects driving skills.

PARENTS: BUY A BREATHALYZER +TEST THE YOUNG DRIVER WITH RED LINE BREATHALYZER, EVEN THE NEXT MORNING BECAUSE OF SLOW ELIMINATION RATES OF ALCOHOL + BIG PARTY. IF BREATHALYZER TEST IS POSITIVE GIVE A PUNISHMENT: 1. REMOVE CAR FOR 2 WEEKS/REMOVE POCKET MONEY/GROUND FOR 2 WEEKS. 2. SEND FOR ALCOHOL EDUCATION/COUNSELLING TO SANCA. DO NOT GIVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF POCKET MONEY. THIS ENCOURAGES HEAVY DRINKING, AND DRUGGING. AFTER CRASH CAUSED BY ALCOHOL USE, DO NOT SIMPLY BUY A NEW CAR / FIX THE CAR. GIVE PUNISHMENT. SEND FOR ALCOHOL TREATMENT /EDUCATION/COUNCELLING TO SANCA. Why not buy an Alcolock for an 18 year old,to be proactive & perhaps save his/her life? R5,000 is less than most serious fender-benders! NB IF IN DOUBT SEND FOR TREATMENT, & DRUG TEST. SANCA ALCOHOL/DRUG CENTRE DRS/PATHOLOGIST/BUY YOUR OWN KITS AT CHEMISTS. BUY RED LINE BREATHALYZERS FROM SADD xDO NOT LET THEM KILL/INJURE THEMSELVES &/OR OTHERS,as in the article above.   PARENTS- SET A GOOD EXAMPLE BY NOT DRINKING THEN DRIVING YOURSELF+ USING SEATBELTS IN THE BACK & FRONT.

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ALCOHOL & SPORT

"Short term alcohol use can impede muscle growth,while long term alcohol use diminishes "protein synthesis"- resulting in a decrease in muscle build up.Alcohol use 24 hrs before excercizing makes it more likely to develop muscle cramps.

Time is needed(min. 48 hours without any alcohol in body) for body tissues to recover."

Research at PMB University found 2 Beers adversely affected sport performance for up to 4 days.

Olympic Sportmen stay off alcohol completely to achieve maximum results!

*Check your own sports performance.Are you underachieving at sport because of your drinking? 3rd Team instead of 1st Team?

Alcohol can affect your sport, or academic achievement. (See Treatment)

*****CIGARETTES:THE MOST VALUABLE GIFT:  PARENTS SET A GOOD EXAMPLE- DONT SMOKE!!

What is the best gift to give for Father’s day? It’s the encouragement to Quit smoking !

The best gift a father can give himself and his family for Father’s Day is to Quit smoking. The National Quit Line 011 720 3145 is a free service to help smokers quit the addiction to nicotine and the habit of smoking and tobacco use.

Often children call the Quit Line for advice to help their parents stop smoking. Children don’t like the stink of smoking on their parents and are fearful that their parents might die. Parents should not ignore this fear. Children are in addition acutely aware that smoking and second hand smoke are also harmful to them.

Give the gift of life. A gift that will protect health, make your family happy and pay for your next holiday on the money you save. Money which you would otherwise have blown into the air in little puffs of poison. Quit Smoking on Father’s Day. And for mothers who smoke and didn’t stop last month on Mother’s Day, you can quit now as well.

It’s never to soon to stop smoking. Give your father the Quit Line number and encourage him to call it and take the first step to quitting.