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Dante was a eighteen year old high school senior who was manifesting numerous alcohol-related problems at school. As a result, the principal told him that he had to see Miss Johnson, the school therapist, before he would be allowed to come back to school.

Later that day when Dante went home after school, he had to go over his school discharge with his Mother and Father. His Mother and Father were “fairly conservative” and informed Dante that getting suspended from school was not a practical educational game plan. They informed Dante that failing to graduate from high school would likely be like a lead weight around his feet that might inhibit his educational attainment for the remainder of his adult life. Moreover, Dante’s parents were very saddened that he was drinking in the first place and drinking with his pals in the second.

His Mom and Dad told Dante that although he may be an adolescent, he has to understand fairly rapidly that drinking is the route to ill health, financial problems, pain, and failure.

It was obvious that his parents were in total accord with Dante’s principal and explained to Dante that he had better make plans to see Miss Johnson, the school counselor. After his discussion with his Mom and Dad, Dante at long last agreed to see Miss Johnson the next day. So Dante phoned the school and scheduled an appointment to see Miss Johnson the next day during his first period class.

The Counselor Asks Dante if He Knows Why His Recent Alcohol-Related Activities Made the School Administrators Uneasy

When Dante went to see Miss Johnson, she instantly examined all of the alcohol-related problems Dante had experienced and asked him if he knew why his recent alcohol-related behavior caused quite a bit of concern by the school administrators.

Quite honestly, Dante questioned why the principal suggested that he see a school psychologist. As he expressed to Miss Johnson, why should he see a professional therapist about his drinking activities? Because nearly all of his buddies drink about as much as he does, drinking really shouldn’t be such a big deal. Stated differently, if just about everybody is drinking, why is this such a major concern?

Miss Johnson asked Dante when he started to drink alcoholic beverages. He said that some of his older friends introduced him to drinking beer when he was twelve or thirteen years old and getting ready to enter junior high school.

Miss Johnson told Dante that while his peers may in fact drink more than he does and that they may be a negative influence on him, the facts are that he is the one who is getting kicked out of school due to alcohol-related absenteeism, fighting, and delinquency, not his friends. What is more, Miss Johnson also highlighted the fact that Dante, and not his peers, is the one who is failing and who is missing one day of school every week due to his alcohol related problems. Finally, Miss Johnson emphasized the fact that due to his drinking behavior, Dante is getting into a damaging cycle of excessive drinking that can in time wreck his aspirations, hopes, and dreams.

In short, Dante’s involvement with youth alcohol abuse was beginning to impede his ability to act like an accountable young man. As stated by Miss Johnson, “Just because most of your buddies drink hard liquor, wine, beer, or wine coolers does not mean that it is the correct behavior for you.”

Dante Learns That Sooner or Later He Must Be Responsible For Himself In Order to Prevent Destructive, Dangerous, Unhealthy, and Damaging Outcomes In the Future

Miss Johnson informed Dante that other individuals can without a doubt influence an individual in an unhealthy way, but that the individual herself or himself has to sooner or later be accountable for himself or herself in order to avoid unhealthy, dangerous, destructive, and damaging circumstances in the foreseeable future.

Fortunately, Miss Johnson was extremely well equipped for her appointment with Dante. She showed him research studies and reports she had underlined that summarized diverse drinking statistics and facts that applied to most people in general. Then she showed Dante quite a lot of figures and reports that applied mainly to underage drinkers.

For example, Miss Johnson stressed the difference between alcohol abuse and alcoholism and explained to Dante that drinkers who continue to drink in a hazardous manner commonly become alcoholic.

Miss Johnson also explained the concept of binge drinking which she defined as follows: drinking four or more drinks in one sitting for females and ingesting five or more drinks in one sitting for males.

The Psychologist Articulates Several Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Statistics and Facts

Then Miss Johnson stated various alcohol facts and the following eight alcohol abuse statistics:

1. According to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, there are 105,000 annual alcohol-related fatalities in the U.S. due to drunk drivers and related medical conditions, diseases or injuries.

2. Almost one-fourth of all U.S. individuals who register in general hospitals have alcohol-related problems or are undiagnosed people who are addicted to alcohol who are being treated for the results of their irresponsible drinking.

3. Alcohol dependency and alcohol abuse are the third leading cause of preventable fatalities in the U.S..

4. More than 7 percent of the population that is 18 years old and older — around 13.8 million Americans — has problems with drinking, including 8.1 million drinkers who suffer from alcoholism.

5. 500,000 Americans who are addicted to alcohol are between the ages of 9 and 12.

6. As demonstrated by one U.S. study of 18 to 24 year-old current drinkers who did not graduate from high school, roughly sixty percent started to drink before the age of 16.

7. Currently, about 14 million Americans, 1 in every 13 adults, are alcohol abusers or are addicted to alcohol.

8. According to the research literature, non-alcoholic members of alcoholic’s families use ten times as much sick time as families who do not manifest alcohol dependency or alcohol abuse.

Dante Receives A Relevant Wake Up Call Regarding the Long Term and the Short Term Results of Underage Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

After Miss Johnson presented the aforementioned alcohol addiction and alcohol abuse statistics and facts, it was apparent that what Miss Johnson taught Dante was a real bombshell to him. Why? Because for the first time in his young life, someone not only made the effort to put in plain words the short term and the long term outcomes of alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency, but she also made the effort to back up what she was saying with alcohol abuse and alcohol dependency statistics and facts that related to everybody in general, and particularly to today’s youth.

Indeed, it was almost as if a light went on and Dante instantly grasped why he should not be engaging in excessive and abusive drinking with or without his friends any longer. Dante thanked Miss Johnson for her concern and for the material she presented.

Miss Johnson then asked Dante how he felt about getting a physical exam and an alcohol evaluation for the alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency treatment he would probably need.

Dante thought about this for few minutes and then agreed to get a thorough physical examination and to go through a comprehensive assessment of his drinking behavior so that he could start an alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency treatment program without pause.

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