Teenage Drug and Alcohol Addiction Videos
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Fortunately, various teen drug abuse, adolescent alcohol abuse, and teenage drug and alcohol addiction videos can be found at
some libraries, colleges and universities, and on the Internet. While some of these videos can be borrowed for free, the ones that are sold
online can get relatively expensive. The point: if you want to learn more about drug and alcohol side effects and how drug and alcohol abuse and
addiction adversely affect our youth, there are many different sources for quality videos on these subjects.
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Videos That Are Free
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free drug and alcohol addiction videos and adolescent alcohol abuse and drug abuse videos, go to your local library or to the nearest large
metropolitan area library and see if they have the videos you want.
Some colleges and universities have an extensive library of drug and alcohol videos, including teenage drug and alcohol addiction
videos.
For instance, Hobart and William Smith Colleges has a wonderful collection of more than 35 drug and alcohol videos that are
between 10 and 71 minutes long. Some of the video topics include the following:
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Other Drug Use During Pregnancy
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Drinking: Are You in Control?
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Circle of Recovery: Healing the Wounds of Drugs and Alcohol
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The Power of Addiction
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Substance Misuse
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Adolescent Treatment Approaches
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Altered States: A History of Drug Use in America
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Teens and Alcoholism
| It only makes sense to conclude that many, if not most, young people who engage in adolescent alcohol abuse,
teenage drug abuse, and teen drug and alcohol addiction will become drug and alcohol abusers and/or addicts when they become
adults. |
Drug and Alcohol Addiction Videos for Purchase
The Hazelden Drugs on Addiction Video Series. This video series is a set of 9 VHS Videos with a total run time of 333
minutes. These videos were published in 2002 and the entire set costs $1,395.00.
This video series about drug addiction replace myths with reality via personal portraits of users, information, and
facts. In addition, two new videos on OxyContin and Club Drugs have been added to his extensive and award-winning video series
regarding today's most dangerous drugs.
| Some of the negative alcohol side effects include the following: poor relationships, ill health, poor work or
school performance, financial difficulties, and legal problems such as getting arrested for "driving under the influence." |
The topics for the nine videos include the following:
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Alcohol: The Substance, the Addiction, the Solution
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Club Drugs: When the Party Is Over
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Cocaine and Crack: Back from the Abyss
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Cross Addiction: The Back Door to Relapse
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Heroin: What Am I Going to Do?
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Marijuana: Escape to Nowhere
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Methamphetamines: Deciding to Live
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OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs: Killing the Pain
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Prescription Drugs: Recovery from the Hidden Addiction
source: http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=3220
| A number of family-oriented interventions have been used to help prevent adult and adolescent alcohol abuse. These
interventions focus on preventing and avoiding the negative alcohol side effects of abusive and excessive drinking and include
the following: family preservation programs, family services, family therapy, family skills training programs, in-home family
crisis services, and family education programs. |
Hazelden also has other video sets, including the Prevention Video Set containing 9 VHS videos with a total run time of 160 minutes.
These videos were published in 2003 and cost $1,795 for the complete set.
SR Publications has more than 60 addiction videos that range in cost from $60 to $250 for individual videos and $400 for video sets of 3
videos.
Some of the topics (listed alphabetically) include the following:
- Addiction 101
- Addiction Disease
- Alibi versus Denial
- Alcohol Abuses: Signs and Symptoms
- Aspects of Addiction
- Chemical Dependence
- Cocaine: The Power & The Story
- Downside of Uppers
- Dual Diagnosis
- Ecstasy & Club Drugs
- Kids, Chemicals and America
- Marijuana: One More Toke
- Prescription Drug Addiction
- Psychology of Addiction
- Recovery: A Developmental 3 Video Set
- Relapse: A 3 Video Set
- Sobriety Straight Up
- Teens, Tobacco, & Drugs: Taking Positive A.C.T.I.O.N.
- The Rules of Recovery
For more information, please go to the SR Publications website.
The National Institute on Chemical Dependency has a free video entitled "Alcoholism and the Family." When you click on
this link, you will then have to click on the "Addictions" link to watch the video. This video is worth watching.
| In the United States, beer accounts for four times as many alcohol-related traffic accident fatalities (80%) as
liquor and wine (20%). Unfortunately, adolescent alcohol abuse is a direct cause of a number of negative alcohol side effects
such as alcohol-related accidents and deaths. |
Teenage Drug and Alcohol Addiction Videos: Conclusion
It is fortunate for us that we live in an age in which information is available from so many sources. Teenage drug and alcohol
addiction videos is a good example. As outlined above, since the adolescent alcohol abuse, teen drug abuse, and teenage drug and
alcohol addiction videos by SR Publications and by Hazelden are fairly expensive, a good alternative source is to go to your local library to see
what drug and alcohol abuse and addiction videos they have. In some instances, you can get these videos from other libraries that are part
of the local library network.
If this does not work out for you, go to the nearest large metropolitan area and see if the main library has the adolescent alcohol abuse and
teenage alcoholism videos you want. Another thought: some of the local colleges and universities may have adult education classes on
alcohol and drug abuse and on chemical dependency. If so, see if they offer videos to enhance their courses. Perhaps you and
your significant other can enroll in one of these classes and learn more about the topic.
The bottom line is that there is a wealth of quality videos at numerous sources that target adolescent alcohol abuse, teenage drug abuse, and
youth drug and alcohol addiction. All of these videos emphasize the dangerous and destructive drug and alcohol side effects that are linked to
teenage drug and alcohol abuse and addiction.
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| A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, abuse, or misbehavior by individual family members take
place on a continuing basis, leading other members of the family to perpetuate, enable, and reinforce such behaviors.
Dysfunctional families often have members who engage in adolescent alcohol abuse, teen drug abuse, or adult drug and alcohol
abuse and addiction. Often, children grow up in dysfunctional families with the belief that such behaviors and ways of relating
are "normal." |
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