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Sep. 07, 2010

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I will be in high school next year and I am kind of scared! Most of my closest friends drink a lot, smoke and pop pills. I want to stay best friends with all of them without harming my body. My best friend has an older sister with a car and they have already invited me to go out and "party" with them. I think drinking is okay and I want to drink at parties because I can't say no to things. How do I handle this?

When I drink alcohol I turn red, starting with my face and moving down. What’s happening to me on the inside? Is this reaction causing more damage than normal drinking does? How can I prevent this without giving up alcohol?

I'm a 15-year-old male and lately I’ve had the urge to drink and smoke. I’ve never done either before. What should I do?

Does alcohol really destroy brain cells? Will this hurt me?

There are alcoholics in my family. When I was 8 I drank half of my mom’s Bacardi Breezer and really liked it. Now I’m 11 and I can drink two Barcardi Breezers without feeling it. My friend gets drunk off of one. Am I turning into an alcoholic?

My father was is an alcoholic and drug addict. I was the one cleaning up my father’s messes and driving him home from parties when he was drunk. I am 17 and I don’t drink or do drugs. I fear that my 15-year-old brother is becoming like our father. He is sneaking out late at night and the other day I had to go and pick him up from a party that he went to without my mother's knowledge. He was drunk and high. I don’t want to have to relive my nightmare of my father with my brother. What do I do to help my brother and is there help out there for him?

I’m worried about one of my friends. He’s 18 and recently told me he has been depressed. He hasn’t been doing real well at school and has lost 20 pounds in a month. He wanted me to cheer him up, but I didn’t know how. I just told him I care for him. I’m really worried he’ll lose more weight and get high and drunk because he already has a drinking problem. His depression is really getting to me. What can I do?

I am 16 years old and have been diabetic since I was 5. I drink but not very much. Two weeks ago I got drunk for my first time and nothing happened to my body. Now my friend wants me to try Acid and other drugs. I want to do it. Will it hurt me more than it would hurt anyone else because I’m diabetic?

I am 15 years old. I know a lot of peole who drink beer. Is this OK and how dangerous is alcohol?

Does alcohol make you gain weight?

I have recently been going to see my doctor about regulating my period. She wants to put me on birth control. Is it OK to smoke or drink while on birth control?

I’m a 12 year-old-girl, and I think I might be an alcoholic. I drink on average two alcopops a day and get drunk every weekend. What should I do?

If you mix marijuana and LSD and then you have a drink, will that cause me to have a miscarriage?

My dad is an alcoholic and it tore apart my family. He went to a treatment center shortly before my parents divorced. He's beginning to get his life back together, and is engaged to a really nice lady. She's started to realize that he has a problem and whenever she confronts him about it, he gets really mad. What can I, as a 15-year-old daddy's girl, do to help them?

How does alcohol affect neural transmissions?

I'm a 16-year-old boy. I’m unable to concentrate in my studies and whatever I study, I forget the next day. This has brought poor results in my examinations. What can we do to improve our memory and concentration?

I am 12-years-old. I have some friends who drink and smoke on the weekends, and are boy crazy! They say I don't now how to have fun. I told my mom that they got drunk at a Christmas party. She called their parents and they were mad that they got in trouple. They have also started to hang out with the wrong crowd and are drinking and smoking more. They have slit their wrists and think it’s cool. How do I tell them to stop and what it will do?

Is alcohol a drug?

My older brother recently found out he is hypoglycemic. I'm 16 and have been struggling with an alcohol and drug problem. I tried staying clean, but after two months I was back to using and drinking. My mom told me that hypoglycemia is hereditary and most people that have it have drinking problems because they crave the sugar in alcohol. I've been to drug counselors and my doctor, they have offered many suggestions but nothing seems to be working. I crave alcohol badly and I don't know why. Could this be because I'm hypoglycemic?

What is alcohol poisoning?

How can I tell if I have had too much to drink?

My friends sometimes drink until they pass out. Can this hurt them?

Last week my best friend was involved in an automobile accident. She was charged with driving under the influence. I don’t drink but my parents keep acting like they think I do. Should I do anything?

I suspect that my 15-year-old sister is drinking alcohol. What's the best way to approach her on this? I am 13.

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