DECIDE Alcohol Model

DECIDE to be a Non-Drinker

8TH Grade Health

Name: Alyssa Austin                                       Block:  B            Teacher:  Mr. Cuthbert

D Define Drinking Consequences	Identify some negative consequences of drinking alcohol you want to avoid.  Explain why? Brain damage Cancer Impaired motor skills Death Injury
E Explore Possible Options	List 3 possible choices you could make to limit or prevent your exposure to these consequences. Don’t go partying at a house that you know has alcohol and is unsupervised. Drink moderate amounts when at the legal age/don’t binge drink/never try to drown your sorrows, you problems can be solved another way.. Make smart choices when it comes to friends so that you can be influenced the right way.
C Consider Possible Outcomes	Provide 2 positive and 2 negative outcomes of the choices listed above. Positive You are less likely to get in an alcohol related accident. You won’t experience any negative long term effects. Negative You won’t be able to be friends with everybody. You may seem ‘not cool’ because you won’t play beer pong with your classmates from school.
I Identify your Values	What do you value about your health? About your future?   I value the fact that everyday I can get up and go about my life as normal, without any health impairments. I’m thankful that I don’t have to take any medication, live in a wheelchair, or take an inhaler with me everywhere. I value that through my smart choices, hopefully, I can continue to further my health and fitness level by avoiding alcohol and drinking it in moderate amounts when I am of legal age.
D Decide and Act in agreement with your Values	Provide an overview of how you could carry out a plan to not drink alcohol in high school.Identify a realistic goal that you would prepare you for high school and avoid/ignore the possible pressures to be a drinker. I plan to be smart about what choices I make, regarding what parties I go to and places I visit, and what friends I let myself get close to. By doing this I can limit my amount of exposure to unstable drinking and people who might influence me to drink.
E Evaluate Your Plan	How will you know if your plan is successful? I will know that my plan has been successful if my the age of 21 I have my first drink and when I’m a grandparent I can tell my kids that I have never been in an alcohol related accident and I can still go play outside with them because I am not suffering from terrible side effects overindulging in alcohol can induce.