Top 22 Ways Teens Can Turn Down Alcohol
By Simbo Olanusi-Babatope, MD, FASAM
Despite the fact that it is illegal for teenagers under the age of 18 to drink, alcohol is among the most widely used, mood-altering chemicals among our youth today. Over 2,000 youth between 16 and 20 years of age die every year in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents. Over 90 percent of the teens who drink regularly also engage in other activities that can put them and/or those around them at risk for harm, such as using illegal drugs, fighting, carrying weapons and having unsafe sexual relations.
In order to help combat the growing use of alcoholic beverages and deal with the temptation of drinking among teens, Recovery Solutions Magazine offers the following list of 22 "cool ways" in which to say "no" to having alcoholic beverages:
- I'm in support of an alcohol-free America.
- Drinking is not my idea of fun.
- I'm too smart to drink.
- I will be driving myself home.
- I'm against teenage drinking.
- I'm too cool to drink.
- Drinking is a distraction to my academic aspirations.
- Drinking is wading in troubled waters.
- Drinking is toxic to my divine destiny.
- I will not risk my future in order to engage in drinking alcohol.
- Drinking is a very risky business.
- There is no point to drinking.
- No, thanks.
- I have a great future that alcohol may possibly ruin.
- Thanks, but I don't drink.
- I'd rather have a soda.
- I need a clear mind to maintain my good grades.
- Drinking has hidden costs that I have no intention of paying.
- Alcoholic tales of woe have put me off drinking.
- I have no desire to become another alcoholic casualty.
- I vote for an alcohol-free life.
- I'm watching my weight and alcohol has too many calories.
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