The Male Teenager's Nine Middle Signs of Alcoholism

By Becki Bateman

Many people still carry a stereotypical image of who an alcoholic is and what he or she does. The trouble is that this stereotype applies to only the chronic stage of alcoholisma stage that only represents 3 percent of the alcoholic population. What about the other 97 percent?

In The Male Teenagers 9 Middle Signs of Alcoholism, authors Becki Bateman with Dave Payne explore the fact that while many teens would be part of that 97 percent, most have a tough time accepting the fact that they might be alcoholics. One in ten people who drink in the US are alcoholicsapproximately 17.6 million people. Whats more, each alcoholic directly affects five to eight people, including their mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, children, closest relatives, and friends.

The Male Teenagers 9 Middle Signs of Alcoholism is the second book in the ALERT (Actual Learning Examples to Recognize Trouble) series, and it continues where volume one ended by providing more examples of behaviors in teens that might indicate that they have a potential drinking problem. These guides are informative and easy to read, offering resources and explaining where and how to get help.

Designed for use not only by teens but also by parents, friends, or anyone concerned about helping a friend or loved one, this guide provides the help needed to beat teen alcoholism before its too late.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Inspiring Voices
• Release date: Apr 22, 2013
• ISBN: 9781462405923

Becki Bateman

Over thirty years ago, Becki Bateman began her journey to recovery. She has attended many national conferences on teenage drinking and has worked as a volunteer with teens in alcohol and drug awareness programs. She is retired from a thirty-five-year career in teaching. Dave Payne was a retired corrections officer with twelve years of experience as an employee assistance program (EAP) coordinator. He attended a special summer alcohol studies program at Rutgers University. He had spent over one thousand hours participating in alcohol and drug training seminars and workshops.

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ISBN: 978-1-4624-0591-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4624-0592-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013906685

Inspiring Voices rev. date: 04/18/13

Table of Contents

1. Drink Before A Function

2. Loss Of Other Interests

3. Preoccupation With Drinking

4. Promises And Resolutions Fail Repeatedly

5. Personal Care: Hygiene, Food, Health

6. Problems: Family, School, Work, And Money

7. Increased Tolerance

8. Increased Dependence

9. Blackouts More Frequent, Longer In Duration

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ALERT (Actual Learning Examples to Recognize Trouble) Series:

The Male Teenager’s 9 Early Signs of Alcoholism

The Male Teenager’s 9 Middle Signs of Alcoholism

The Male Teenager’s 9 Late Signs of Alcoholism

Future publications:

The Female Teenager’s 9 Early Signs of Alcoholism

The Female Teenager’s 9 Middle Signs of Alcoholism

The Female Teenager’s 9 Late Signs of Alcoholism

HINTS (Helpful Information Needed To Succeed) Series

C ongratulations! You have chosen the second book in the ALERT ( A ctual L earning E xamples of R ecognizing T rouble) series. After reading this book, The Male Teenager’s 9 Middle Signs of Alcoholism , you should have a better idea how to recognize a young man’s behavior that might indicate these middle signals after his disease progresses through early-stage alcoholism into this second stage. Let us begin with some background information.

As you are reading, keep in mind that this series is not intended to be a collection of statistics or rendering of research. With 232 million sites on the Internet alone and thousands of books at local libraries and bookshops, we suggest you gather information as it relates to and interest you. At the end of each book in the series, there are listed resources and Web sites where you can gather pertinent information relevant to your personal journey.

In the 80’s, when the subject of alcoholism became popular on TV talk shows, in the movies, and in books on alcoholism, co-dependency, and adult children of alcoholics there was an explosion of knowledge; many of the books made it to the best seller lists. At the same time there were national conferences such as the Annual Conference on Alcoholism and the