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 A teen treatment center at Chicago which specializes in alcohol addiction treatment among other rehabilitative procedures has a poignant story to tell about teen addiction towards alcohol. Keith Whittaker; 15 years old, was a bright student, always doing brilliantly in his studies and baseball.  He nursed a crush on a girl who was in the 10 grade (Keith was in the 9th grade), called Nancy.

Keith’s problem was that he was unusually shy and would always make his performances at sports and academics speak for him.  He however became friends with Nancy and both of them would go out on dates. But soon Keith came to know that this girl had a big group of guys and girls who would meet on the weekends and go clubbing or at parties.

There are many who are eager to know about teenage treatment centers function and how do they treat people who are suffering from drug addiction.   The treatment actually follows on similar lines like a normal residential and outpatient treatment but in this case, there are specialists who are known to address teenage related problems. For instance, compared to adults, an increasing number of teens are known to abuse club drugs like Ecstasy; so there is a set of treatment procedures that are involved in treating such an issue.

Detoxification assumes a lot of importance when the doctors want to get rid of the harmful toxins in the body.  This is the first and the basic type of treatment.  For instance, if a teen is addicted to heroin, Methadone, levo-alpha acetyl methadol or Buprenorphine hydrochloride is taken to take care of withdrawal symptoms. There are specialized professionals who see to it that there is not too much discomfort for the teen during the detox process. 

Alcohol poisoning, according to many teen treatment centers   is the potentially fatal repercussion of drinking copious amount of liquor in a short span of time. Due to drinking excess alcohol, our body’s functions are considerably slowed down and there is a lapse in the heart-rate, breathing etc which unfortunately causes choking, breathlessness, suffocated feeling, low blood pressure and even death.  Teenagers, who are in their early to mid-teens, are vulnerable to alcohol poisoning more so compared to adults according to a reputed teen treatment center.

 The treatment process is such that the person is taken to the hospital quickly so that his or her condition can be monitored closely. Fluids and oxygen are given and a lot of proactive measures are taken to make sure that the person does not choke or suffer from breathing problems or chest pain.  There are some very effective medications that are used in treating alcoholism and alcohol poisoning which have proved to be fruitful

Alcohol is easily the most easily influenced and abused of drugs that has destroyed the ambitions, aspirations, health and even lives of many teenagers.  According to a recent study done by a teen treatment center, 16 percent of teenagers are intoxicated heavily by alcohol in the year 2009.  Nearly 8 percent of teens have admitted to drinking more than five alcoholic drinks in a row.

 Drinking too much alcohol at any age can be harmful but indulging in it during the formative phase of adulthood, or teenage can entail a lot of repercussions.  Some of the effects of alcohol addiction among teenagers include:

Of the many drug related cases that teen addiction rehabs get, one of the most common ones include Ecstasy addiction.  Also referred to as ‘X’ and ‘XTC’, Hug, ‘Love Drug, Lover’s Speed and Beans; this recreational drug which is used mostly in club parties and raves is increasingly abused by people in their teens and early 20s.  The scientific name for Ecstasy is MDMA or methylenedioxymethamphetamine and is known to have properties that can mimic the effects of that of hallucinogens and stimulants.

Various rave parties that have been busted in US and many other places in the world have shown that the youth revels in taking these drugs.  It is actually a banned substance because it has been used largely for date rapes. There have been many cases of boys trying to spike drinks of girls with ecstasy in order to make her sexually promiscuous with them.

You can never state a single reason as to why people becomes addicted to alchohol and drugs.However, science and technology are making many researches into this field. And the fields under which the study is made is mental, enviromental, genetical and physical. Genetical conditions include a past history of some ancestors who were addicted to the same or some other substance. It is likely that in your childhood if you were being subjected to domestic violence this could have lead to a addiction fobia in the future. Age also becomes a factor in tracing the roots of addiction as teenagers and adolescent kids are most likely to get addicted to drugs and alchohol. Their physical development is not supported by their brain and they mostly undergoes depression and other psychological supressions.