Saturday, April 23, 2016

It’s killing Our Kids- The Growing Epidemic of Teenage Alcohol Abuse and Addiction. - Dr. JERRY JOHNSTON

Will your teenager have the courage to say “no” to alcohol, or will he or she become one of the millions of teenage alcoholics, or worse, one of the 24,000 alcohol-related traffic deaths this year?
Jerry Johnston has a game plan to help young people and their parents make the right decisions.

In Jerry’s book --“It’s killing Our Kids” he provides both a graphic account of the trauma caused by alcohol abuse and a clear handbook that shows how to stem this national affliction. The book is full of practical suggestions and guidelines, hard-hitting facts, and several self-test; undeniably it’s a resource you and your family can’t afford to be without. Have a look: 

Understanding Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse:


Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can be caused due to many interconnected factors, which may also include genetics, the way you were being raised, your social ambience, and your emotional health.
Mr. Jerry Johnston has endeavored to wipe out the parental fear and have given practical suggestions and guidelines to draw their children from quagmire of alcoholism. 

Here is the list of Common signs and symptoms, which when seen in your children, you can easily perceive they are in the danger zone and it’s a warning sign for them as they have started depending on alcohol. 

Significant Signs and Symptoms of Alcohol Dependence: 



  • Are they undergoing Anxiety or Jumpiness, Shakiness or trembling, Depression, irritability and Insomnia, Fatigue and frequent Headaches, Nausea and vomiting?
  •  Do they have problems at work or school because of their drinking, such as being late or not going at all? 
  • Do they drink in risky situations, such as before or while driving a car?
  • Do they hurt you, when they don’t drink any day because of your restrictions? Do they keep drinking putting their relationships on stake?
  • Are they on the situation where they cannot quit drinking or control how much they drink?
In severe cases, withdrawal from alcohol can also involve hallucinations, confusion, seizures, fever, and agitation. These symptoms can be dangerous. 

How to Stem Out the National Affliction of Alcoholism? 


Dr. Jerry Johnston has talked deeply about alcohol dependency and discussed about both its increasing dependency in millennial plus the treatment to cure the dependency.

Its Killing Our Kids is a book cum guide articulated by Dr. Jerry Johnston for doting parents that provides them a graphic account of the trauma caused by alcohol abuse and he outlines the solutions to stem this national affliction on the basis of facts, practical suggestions and guidelines and several self-tests. His way to pull out millennial and kids out of alcoholism is outstanding. It’s a must read book for Parents who want to save their kids from alcohol-related traffic death. 

Now let’s discuss the natural and conventional ways to wipe out this severe problem of alcoholism from the kids and make them remain abstinent:

  • Detoxification (detox): This may be needed immediately after discontinuing alcohol use and can be a medical emergency, as detox can result in withdrawal seizures, hallucinations, delirium tremens (DT), and in some cases may result in death.
  • Rehabilitation: This involves counseling and medications to give the recovering alcoholic the skills needed for maintaining sobriety. This step in treatment can be done inpatient or outpatient. Since both are equally effective.
  • Maintenance of sobriety: This step's success requires an alcoholic to be self-driven. The key to maintenance is support, which often includes regular Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings and getting a sponsor.
The Emergence Need of Saving Our Kids from Getting Ruined: 



Our onus as parent never gets waning. Our responsibilities for our kids betterment goes on for lifetime. In the previous sections of this post we have already seen the increasing rage of alcoholism in teens. Now it’s our responsibility, how we save our kids from getting ruined. And for this to happen effectually, parents need to understand the world of their kids, the changing generation and then try to reconnect them in their kind of style! So, that the kids never derive such kind of harmful ways to fill their spaces, stress and loneliness.
Mr. Jerry Johnston has approached parents in his edition “How to Save Your Kids from Ruin” in which he has covered the strategies and skills training for those eager to communicate with their children.

 



Parents who feel out of touch with their kids–and the crazy world in which their kids live!-are searching for a way to reconnect; to understand should must read this book.

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