Infusing Alcohol Into the Body to Get Drunk

People will go to great lengths to do stupid things. Teens especially are known for casting all common sense aside to follow the mind-numbing crowd. But how do we make our teens different? How do we help our children see the complete foolishness of their peers’ actions, so they do not continue this childish behavior?

Getting Drunk Faster is Not Cool

Teens sometimes operate with a few beliefs or myths in mind that guide them in the wrong direction, and it is our job as parents to steer them the right way.

First of all, teens think it is fun or cool to be drunk. Not so. Sure, people may seem to be having a good time, laughing, being carefree, or interacting with friends when they’ve had more than a few drinks. But drinking too much also causes hangovers, nausea, poor judgment, and even alcohol poisoning and death.

Secondly, teens think that the faster they can get drunk, the better. Also not true. A faster intake of alcohol causes more side effects and more serious consequences.

Thirdly, infusing alcohol into the body in unconventional ways is safer, more fun, and undetectable. False again. However alcohol gets into the body; drinking, eyeballing, or “butt chugging”, raises blood alcohol levels, which can be detected even on breathalyzers, and can cause as much or more damage to the body and brain.

Infusing the Body with Alcohol is Not Cool

Kids often find weird ways to get drunk because they think it is fun or can’t be detected as easily, and videos and instructions quickly travel around the Internet of kids performing these acts. Pouring vodka into the eye or soaking feminine products in alcohol may seem unfathomable to adults, but kids who see other kids experiment with it may try it themselves. Not only are these practices dangerous because of the effects of alcohol on these body parts, but the goal of infusing the body with alcohol just to get drunk is dangerous and never a good idea.

Parents, it’s time to talk to your kids. Use your best judgment – of course, it may not always be appropriate to give them all the details about ways kids are finding to get drunk. But you can talk to them early and often about the dangers of alcohol, drugs, and any other game or activity that causes bodily harm. Sometimes kids do these things because they don’t think they are dangerous or really that serious. If kids are told not to drink alcohol, they might listen and obey, but they might excuse these other ways of getting alcohol into their system because no one has warned them about these things yet. Talk to your kids. Warn them. Don’t let them continue this trend of foolish bodily harm because they think it’s fun.