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Getting drunk as a teenager only seems fun in TV shows and movies.
They rarely show the destructive side ofunderage drinking.
In fact, teen shows often glamorize substance abuse.
This teenhad to find out the consequences of too much partying the hard way.
Never mind the havoc alcohol wreaks on your body.
This 17-year-old caused some serious property damage when he decided toget drunkon a school trip to Rome.
His story is the perfect anti-drinking PSA and a cautionary tale to drink responsibly.
Bored Pandasought the expertise of Neuroscientist Aaron White, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health.
Read his expert insights below!
He says that almost 70% of adults drink alcohol, and teenagers oftenmodel their behaviorafter adults.
Some teens start drinking to cope withchildhood trauma,too.
Unfortunately, in the long-term, alcohol only makes these issuesworse, he adds.
The negative effects of alcohol on teens are staggering.
Itinterfereswith the wiring of neural circuits involved in decision-making, reasoning, and impulse control.
He says that the causes of teenage drinking and its negative effects goboth ways.
Parents and other caregivers also playkey roles, Dr White says.
The same goes for when the parents have positive attitudes toward drinking or when they themselves drink excessively.
However, preventative measures taken by parents also have a strong effect.
The same goes for developing anunhealthy relationshipwith alcohol.
Unfortunately,too fewadolescents are currently screened or given advice during physician visits, Dr. White adds.
But theres no scientific evidence that proves this could help our bodies to metabolize alcohol faster.
The only good a shower might do you when youre drunk is that it may counteract the symptoms ofdehydration.
A shower can alleviate itchiness from dry skin and rehydrate it.
Other than that, only warm showers really have any effect.
It can calm you bylowering your blood pressureand help withsubstance-induced anxiety.
The myth that a cold shower helps a person sober up is fiction.
But it will not make your body metabolize alcohol any faster.
This myth is probably so rampant because a cool shower can reinvigorate and reenergize you.
The shock of a cold shower can actually make people lose consciousness.
On a similar note, if a drunk person takes a warm shower, it may increase alcohol-induced drowsiness.
The sad reality is that time is the best way to sober up.
When youre already drunk, eating wont help.
