I need help with ideas to do a educational group session on alcohol and its effects on families to youth?

Answer 1

Here are some articles that I find helpful when dealing with these issues. I'm confidant you can find a lot of ideas in them!Printouts can be made & distributed to interested ones, too.

Helping Teens in Trouble : Youths in Crisis
- The Pressures Facing Youths
- Help for Todays Youths
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2005/4/8/article_01.htm *

Drug Abuse in the Family--What Can You Do?
- Young People and Drugs
- How to Protect Your Children
- Soon--A Drug-free World
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2003/4/8/article_01.htm *

What Hope for Today's Youths? :
- The Tragedy of Youthful Deaths
- Suicide--A Scourge of young People
- When Hope and Love Vanish ...
- When They Return
- Motivations for Suicide
- Some Indicators of Suicide
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1998/9/8/article_01.htm *

Suicide--Who Are Most at Risk? :
- Suicide--The Hidden Epidemic
- Given a Desire to Live - A Sure Hope
- Risk Factors and Warning Signs
http://watchtower.org/library/g/2000/2/22/article_01.htm *

Why So Many Lonely People?
- Coping With Loneliness
- When No One Will Ever Feel Lonely Again
- What You Can Do About Loneliness
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/6/8/article_01.htm *

What Is the Purpose of Life? :
- Is There a Purpose to Life?
- Conditions More Difficult
- What some famous people have said
- The Effect of their different views
http://watchtower.org/e/pr/article_01.htm

*These URLs will probably be modified soon. The new URLs can be found then, by entering the first sub-title of each in
http://watchtower.org/search/search_e.htm . New URLs for all the other titles in that series will appear on each page of the series.

Answer 2

Drinking too much alcohol and drinking it quit often causes alcoholism, alcoholics.
It causes poor judgment in driving and the brain is affected by not thinking clearly.
Alcoholic families/people can get violent .
It wrecks the home life and tears families apart.
It gets expensive and some spend their money on drinking instead of bills and the children.
The parents fight/ argue and get mean and loud. Upsetting the children and other family members who do not drink alcohol.
It causes death in some families because of the brain not thinking normally and being abusive or out right killing happens.
Violence is very common .in abusive drinkers.
Being arrested for such violence occurs.
Being pulled over and taken to jail for drinking and driving .DUI
driving under the influence of alcohol'
Being pulled over , going to jail for drinking while intoxicated.DWI
It costs money to get out of jail.
People lose their drivers license ..
They have to attend Alcoholics Anonymous AA classes
And other classes which are mandatory .
Children are abused and killed by alcoholics and or heavy drinkers.
As for ideas on this .educational group session
Give the reasons why young people should not drink alcohol and go to what you know about it. Use some of my or other peoples thoughts and knowledge on drinking.
Why no one should drink alcohol..