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Understanding alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Information, help, and guidance for yourself or another person who needs assistance confronting the disease of alcoholism and drug dependence.
Understanding and resisting peer pressure
An article teaching about peer pressure, how to avoid it, and ways to turn down a drink to prevent alcohol abuse.
15 different excuses a teen can use to get out of doing drugs or alcohol.
20 unique tips to avoid peer pressure from friends.
Do I have alcohol use disorder?
We aren't professionals, so we can't diagnose you and neither can the internet. However, this information might help you understand alcohol use disorder more and encourage you to seek treatment if you think you might.
Information on what alcohol use disorder feels like, what Al-Anon and Alateen are, and what they stand for.
A test designed to help you understand if you have might have alcohol use disorder or might have problem safely drinking.
Self-help
A helpful site to prepare and encourage a loved one who might have alcohol use disorder to cut down on drinking habits, including some reflective questions and activities.
Understanding alcohol
A multitude of questions from teens and answers from the Al-Anon team.
Learn some facts about alcohol drinks and units, health effects of alcohol, drinking habits and behaviors, alcohol and the law, and how alcohol affects relationships. Also receive advice on whether you may drinking too much, ways to reduce your drinking, ways to stay safe while drinking, or what to do if you're concerned about someone else.
Tons of brochures, results, and statistics about alcohol and drinking habits.
Self-care tips if you've been affected by someone else's drinking
How to help a significant other through alcohol use disorder.
Advice about how to cope when a parent or caregiver who may have alcohol use disorder or substance use disorder.
Sometimes we think we're helping someone when we're really not and sometimes we hurt ourselves in the process. Here are 9 things a person who loves someone with alcohol use disorder should do, avoid, or stop doing.
Helping someone who had to much to drink
Describes the signs, help, dangers and preventative steps to take with helping someone who has drunk excessively.
Smoking
Facts and research on the real effects of smokeless tobacco.
Statistics about the health effects of smoking cigarettes.
Information on the health effects smoking has on different parts of your body.
Information about risks of smoking, how to spot the signs if your friend is smoking, and resources for teens who smoke and their friends so they know how to help.
Quitting smoking and coping skills
Articles on why and how to quit, and resources for people hooked on tobacco.
Describes in detail how to cope with different withdrawal symptoms from quitting smoking.
Support, tips, tools, and expert advice to help you or someone you love quit smoking or stay smoke-free.
Understanding marijuana
Facts, videos and games to help in understanding what marijuana does to the body.
Our other resource pages
Visit our Counseling and Health Care resource pages for local agencies that can help you overcome your drug and/or alcohol addiction:
Visit our Calendar and Activities page if you need ideas of things to do rather than using drugs and alcohol:
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