drink, pot, party
Why they do it?
what is the appeal? (other than its fun, relax etc)
I'm not against it by any means, just curious.Teenagers need weed and alcohol to enjoy themselves?
we dont NEED it to enjoy ourselves but it lets us enjoy ourselves even more hahah. but i really dont like the whole drugs thing. it kind of scares me lol. but lots of kids i know dont do any of that stuff ....Teenagers need weed and alcohol to enjoy themselves?
I do it just becuase it is fun, really that is the only reason and because school stresses me out and alcohol just takes the edge off of everything. Partying is loads and loads of fun, which is why I party and it gives me something to do and I love drinking and dancing iwth my friends. I smoke pot because its fun and a good way to relax, same for thizzing, but that doesn't make me relax its just lots of fun. Yep so that's basically teh appeal of doing all that stuff because it is fun.
Too often people throw around the ';teenagers just want to fit in.'; Only the dumb, naive teenagers do that. The majority of teenagers (which once included me) drink and smoke because: 1) its an escape from the stressful world teenagers have to grow up in, 2) it provided sociable settings and 3) parents approved of it through their own actions (i.e. getting drunk most nights). The teenage phase is a complicated time when one transions into becoming an adult. The media and adults (although some may disagree with the latter, it is in fact true) have the biggest influence on teenagers. They must stress RESPONSIBILITY, not mere abstinence. Too may people who follow abstinence during their teenage years only becomer abusers in their later life.
There was an interesting article in Time Magazine a year or two back, it talks about how never before has teens been so expected to make adult decisions. If a teen wants to get into an Ivy League college they usually need to make that decision by thirteen. This is unprecedented, and has caused for many teens to seek many methods to relieve this high stress world that is usually reserved for adults, the most common being alcohol.
As for drugs, I imagine most start for the same reason I did. Most of my hero's when I was in high school - whether it was novelists like, Jack Kerouac, or Aldous Huxley, poets like Allan Ginsberg, or musicians like the Beatles. Most of my boyhood hero's did drugs, so I figured I should too.
You'd be surprised that not as many teenagers do it as you might think. It's the few who do party that make the rest of us look bad. Not every teenager likes to get drunk or high and make a complete fool of themselves. I hate how adults assume that doing harmful things to our bodies is the only thing we can do for fun. I suppose the ones who do party think they look cool or more adult. They probably are just attention starved and want to be accepted. It's kind of sad. I know too many people who started out just drinking or smoking weed and then progressed to hard drugs like meth and coke. They have no life now. They're stuck in their pathetic little cycle forever. Schools need to start drug prevention programs earlier. I know some people who started drinking or smoking at 12. It's disturbing what our society is coming to.
I never used that as a teen. I did not feel the NEED to do that stuff. In fact, I really see it as avoiding coping with problems instead of dealing with problems. Teens need to learn how to deal with their problems instead of escaping them. In my opinion, this is why teens do drugs.
Plus, it is what ';everyone else is doing';. Do these teens know that once they leave high school, life is totally different. The things that they did in high school to ';fit in'; will then seem rather lame as they look at the real world around them.
Honestly, it is becoming a very scary statistic. I am 20 yrs old and i know atleast 25 people that have gotten a dui. I know of friends that drink and smoke pot on a daily basis. I think at first it became a social or a trendy thing but then it may have turned into addictions. I feel as hough when we are going through stressful times such as highschool or college. We turn to these kinds of things to cope with stress, But it becomes a much bigger problem!
i just smoke, i dont really party. i dont drink.
weed is just somthing i do somtimes just to have a little fun with my friends.
i dont like drinking. all my drinking experiences turned out bad.
parties, idk im not into that. been to a few, didnt really like it.
everyone was all ';messed'; up.
i like chilling with my friends, and just having fun.
im 16.
I dont need weed. i can go without. and i have.
I Don't Smoke anything or Drink any alcohol other than beer or wine though my bro is the person you describe... a complete idiot i think Teens do it to ';Fit in'; with the other teens and they get addicted etc etc and it ruins their lives like this but they couldn't give a sh*t at that age... they are brainless.
2Katzy is right i just wish i could convince my brainless 17 year old brother that what he does now will be lame when he's an adult...
As stupid as it sounds, those things create a sociable atmosphere, I guess. They can relate and feel the same. Besides, all the media influences the mind, however subtle. Not to mention that these things also release a hormone that causes the body to feel happy.
I don't know.
A lot of my friends do it.
But I don't.
I guess they just enjoy it.
I'm sure some people (not the ones I know) do it to seem kool in front of people they want to fit in with.
I think it is just something to do when you have nothing else to.
I do it once in a while, its fun.
have you tried taking 18 hours a week of college courses. if ****** sucks. you gotta have some way to blow off some steam, especially after finals.
Maybe they don't know how to be sociable or have fun without it. Sadly, it seems to be that way.
Why does there have to be something other than fun, relax, etc as you put it? Are these not reasons enough?
it makes them feel more mature-
even though they are being quite IMATURE.
yeahh it was def like that in highschool.. alot of it is because there was nothin else to do.
Rebellion is natural at that age. It will pass :)
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