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Drinking
Reasons, Types and
Social Acceptance
Created by T. Magallan @ Truitt MS
Reasons why some
teenagers drink…
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Look grown up
Be more popular
Look cool
Feel less nervous in social situations
Like the taste
Get intoxicated to have fun
Peer pressure
Boredom
Reasons Why Some People
Become Problem Drinkers…
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Cope with problems
Cope with stress
Cope with negative emotions
Physical and psychological dependence
(addiction)
Have friends who are problem drinkers
Alcohol is a drug that slows down the body’s
functioning…just like aspirin is a drug that
relieves minor pains.
Alcohol cannot make a person strong, smart,
cute, sexy, powerful, tough or rich.
Reasons for NOT drinking…
Dislike the taste
 Don’t like the feeling of getting
drunk
 It’s fattening
 Religious or family prohibitions
 Need to stay in shape for sports
 It is illegal
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Types of drinking…
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Abstinence: About 30% of American
adults don’t drink at all.
Ritual drinking: The drinking of alcohol in
the context of a religious service or a
family rite. Examples: church, wedding
toast, etc
Social drinking: Many Americans call
themselves “social” drinkers. This
drinking is appropriate to time and place
(can vary from one neighborhood to
another)
Types of drinking
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Compulsive or problem drinking:
Alcohol is used as a way of
attempting to cope with problems or
negative feelings. It involves
drinking too much, too often. This
kind of drinking is destructive and
frequently increases a person’s
problems rather than decreasing
them.
What percentage of Americans
drink alcoholic beverages?
Only 70% of all adults drink.
 One third of all adults DO NOT drink
at all!
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What percentage of people who
drink to excess and experience
trouble when they drink?
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10% of adults are heavy drinkers (5
or more drinks per occasion for at
least five days in the past month.
Teenagers and drinking…
Statistics show that many teenagers
drink once in a while.
 Only 3% of high school seniors drink
regularly (daily).
 68% of high school seniors reported
that they would disapprove of
someone that drank regularly.1
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Social Acceptance…
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One reason that people drink is
because they want to be popular
and well-liked. But, it is possible
to be popular and well-liked without
drinking. On the other hand,
drinking can actually cause you to
be less popular and less well-liked.
Social Acceptance
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Some forms of drinking are not socially
acceptable and peple will form negative
attitudes about you if you drink in one of
these ways. Some examples include:
drinking when you are younger than the
legal age and it is not part of a religious
ceremony, drinking to the point of
intoxication or loss of control, drinking
that gets you into trouble, compulsive
drinking, excessive drinking.
Social Acceptance
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The bottom line is that drinking,
particularly heavy drinking or
getting drunk, is neither cool nor
grown-up.
What are YOUR reasons
for Not Drinking???