In this program, teens who are current drinkers see first hand what the future may hold for them if they continue to drink. They experience the potential consequences of alcohol use from every perspective, including: how drinking impairs a person’s coordination, vision, and reaction time; how the brain and other organs suffer lasting damage from alcohol use; how a drunk person really drives; and how drinking can lead to spending months in a rehabilitation center.

The program culminates in a realistic simulation of the deaths of three participants who got into a car with a fourth who was driving drunk. The teens watch videotape of their parents’ reaction to the news. The driver is then “booked” and sent to prison. The three victims visit the coroner’s office to learn of the fatal injuries each suffered in the crash. Finally, the foursome attend the funerals of the three who “died” in the crash and listen as their parents read farewell tributes to their children.

By the close of the program, all of the young participants are moved to stop their reckless drinking behavior. An Arnold Shapiro Production.

Key Points:

• Anyone who drinks, no matter how old, is in danger of abusing alcohol and suffering one of many life-altering consequences.
• Vision, coordination and reaction time are impaired by alcohol, even when a person isn’t fully intoxicated.
• Alcohol use causes a ‘shriveling’ of the brain, the beginnings of which are apparent even in the brain scan of a sober teen who drinks socially.
• Binge drinking can lead to alcohol poisoning and death before others realize what has happened to the victim.
• It is never safe to get into a car being driven by someone who is intoxicated by alcohol or is under the influence of any other drug.

46 minutes

$149.00