This presentation details why many teens suffer from there everyday problems from drugs to relationships and also gives way to how to find sobriety from these "addictions" teens face whether considered real addictions or not they are in our world.

1. The addiction of teens of the modern
day and how to find sobriety away
from these addiction

2. What is Teenolism?
• Teenolism is modern day teens and the simple
things in life that many become “addicted” to.
• Some of these are harsh realities and others
are mere actions caused by hormones during
pubescent years that many never stopped
acting on and are still doing to this day.

3. Examples of Real World Teenolism
• Drugs such as:
-Weed
-Prescription drugs/ Steroids
-Even cocaine
• Relationships
• Parties
• Sexual Relations
• Alcohol

4. What’s the problem?
• Listed were some problems that many years
back adults faced. But now its rolled down
generations to now it being the problem for
many teens and young adults

5. Drugs and Alcohol
• Drugs are used to help teens feel better or just
to have “fun” with. Teens may think that some
of the drugs they do are harmless but
everything has a cost.

6. Marijuana
• The chemical in marijuana or weed called THC attaches to
neurons throughout the brain the release dopamine into
the reward system of the brain causing the high many feel.
But this high isn’t good. What it really is, is the chemical
attacking your neurons hurting your coordination,
judgment and your learning. These things alone can hurt
you later on in life and can potentially kill you. Since your
learning is impaired you’ll often have trouble in school and
maybe even become stupid. Decision making is effected
and because of this you could end up days after the use of
marijuana either in a hospital, jail, juvenile facility or simply
in front of your parents are they yell at you for making
horrible decisions.

7. Prescription Drugs/ Steroids
Recent studies show that children of the age 14 on older use prescription
drugs.
• Teens abuse prescription drugs for a number of reasons, such as to
get high, to stop pain, or because they think it will help them with
school work.
• There studies that suggest different genders use these drugs for
different purposes. Boys use them to get high while girls may use
them to stay alert or lose weight. Either way the results are
horrible.
• Abuse of some of the prescriptions can cause sickly feelings, making
it hard to breathe sometimes and even overdose. Some drugs cause
irregular heart beat when taken at high amounts and this can kill
teens. Seizures can occur also.
• Prescription drugs can also increase health problems later on in
children’s life.

8. Prescription Drugs/ Steroids cont.
• Steroids or Anabolic Steroids are awful and can cause serious issues in
many teens. They are either prescription or nonprescription drugs. They
effect teens emotionally and physically.
• Steroids effect the part of the brain called the limbic system which
controls mood. This leads to mood swings and aggressive behavior among
users. It also takes a toll on feeling such as jealousy making kids believe in
something that’s not true and make many paranoid in most cases. It also
makes them feel invincible, like nothing could ever hurt them and this can
make them a threat to themselves.
• The physical toll on teens can be excruciatingly painful. Steroids can lead
to high blood pressure, changes in cholesterol, enlarged heart, severe
acne, kidney problems, liver diseases and even liver cancer.
• There are also effects that only occur in specific genders. In males the
often have growth of breasts and shrinkage in there testicles. They have
low sperm count making them unable to have children and increased risk
for prostate cancer. In females, they have a lower voice, growth of facial
hair, changes of menstrual cycles and even baldness can occur.

9. Cocaine
• Cocaine is an upper many use to get the high and “good” feeling off
of it. Its also a stimulant that changes the way nerve cells talk to
each other. It gives them a strong release of dopamine and gives
them the high but only for a very short time. A crash sets in later
making them tired and cravings of doing it more for wanting the
high again will set in. Because of the high many users get the have
many risk that follow: Dilated pupils, high body temperature,
irregular heart beat, inability to sleep, panic attacks, unpredictable
behavior and paranoid psychosis which basically makes them lose
touch with reality. There are early on signs that people see: Hoarse
voice, loss of smell, nosebleeds, and runny nose because of
snorting cocaine. When injected many have a higher risk of
contracting HIV and other diseases that can be transmitted by
blood contact.

10. Why list Relationship?
Relationships among young adults have crumbled down. Trust
is broken more than not, and many teens at a young age start
to learn what an unstable relationship is before the age of 18.
Mostly due to hormones causing them to feel emotions that
lead to many misconstrued thoughts that often make
relationships horrible. But many teens don’t realize that they
still follow this horrible pattern of one mistake after the next
and either think they have a problem or can never have a
good relationship. But its not that at all. Often its simply a
learning experience. Teens can’t find the love of there life in
relationships that are based on sex and misconstrued
thoughts. Basically all there is to say: It’s your fault but don’t
worry your relationship problems will go away eventually.

11. Sexual Relations
• Unfortunately, teens nowadays are into sex.
There are many things we tell children to scare
them away from sex, like diseases and
pregnancy, but one conception we never tell
them is the effects it has emotionally and how it
effects the rest of there life. And even how it
effects there brain.

12. Sexual Relations cont.
• Sex at an early age can sometimes scar teens.
Leaving them distraught and depressed. Many
don’t have anyone to turn to so there isn’t
away for them to confront the horrible truth
behind their actions. Teens will go into a
depressant stage and then comes the harsh
reality of suicide. All because of a lousy
mistake.

13. Sexual Relations cont.
• Not all children go into a depressant stage. Some
go into the addict phase. They start doing it more
than not and this can hurt them way more than
they realize. The addiction from committing these
actions can make them a sex addict which is one
of the hardest addictions to conquer. This
addiction can follow them into there adult years
and can hurt there future. A known fact is many
prostitute started at an early age and this could
wound up being the many teens I’m talking
about.

14. Why don’t parents know about it?
There are three types of parents in this world:
-The perfectionist
-The optimist
-The un-caring
The perfectionist is the parent that makes sure there child succeeds at everything and never
has a tarnished reputations. More than not there children will never tell them about it.
They have the sneakiest kids often but don’t realize it. There are in a blissful ignorance that
there child is doing everything right and doing nothing wrong.
The optimist is the parent who thinks whatever there child does is okay as long as they
don’t do it again and apologize. This parent doesn’t realize they are setting their child in the
wrong direction because there isn’t an honest stopping point given. Sometimes the
optimist parents doesn’t have a horrible child because they are also the most caring.
The un-caring parent is the one who sad but honestly doesn’t want to know what there
child does or doesn’t care about there child’s life. They are either addicts of some sort,
depressed or are simply those who don’t have time to worry about their children. These
parents don’t realize the effect they have on their child because too much freedom for a
young person can destroy them.

15. Ways of Sobriety
• Many of these addictions are all hard to overcome but it can be
done.
• The first step is talking to someone. Not only to a friend but to an
adult. Many kids will think they will get in trouble but adults are
supposed to help you. They may get mad but later on you’ll thank
them.
• Talk to a therapist.
• Get yourself rehabilitated in some way. For users of drugs and
alcohol, go to rehab centers, or local groups that help people
overcome addiction.
• For people with problems in relationships you have to first talk to
someone about seeing a therapist who can lead you on the path of
knowing how to put yourself in a healthier relationship. Your not
crazy you simply need guidance and wisdom.