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Date Posted: 09:25:28 11/22/06 Wed
Author: Nanette
Subject: Peer pressure
In reply to: Nanette 's message, "Sober Holidays" on 10:00:51 11/15/06 Wed

I thought I should share a couple of suggestions that someone said at a recent SSH meeting about handling peer pressure. This grad was very much in favor of shock value when being pressed by some unrelenting peers to have a drink.
The first response suggested was to flat out tell the truth by saying something like "I'm a total alcoholic." Period. This person found the reaction to this was to stop everyone in their tracks and not offer anymore drinks.
The other was a story of being on a boat with a group of people who were drinking and would not let up on trying to urge the grad to drink, even though they knew the grad wasn't drinking anymore and kept turning down the offers of alcohol with a polite "No thank you". So, the grad said "Ok, hand me one of those nice pyramid ales." Then, promptly, without opening the beer threw it over the side of the boat in the water, and then immediately after that while reaching a hand out said, "Here, I'll have another." You can imagine the reaction to that. No more offers of beer.
Sometimes it takes a grand gesture, or a shock factor to finally allow others to really "get it."
I think if you're pouring enough of someone else's booze down the drain when they just won't let up on the peer pressure they'll finally stop offering or pressing the booze. (Make sure they can see you doing this, or are fully aware somehow.) I bet this is doubly effective for some very expensive drugs too.

NO first drink, no matter what!

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