Teen Alcohol Trend: The Eye Shot
It is important to me to keep parents updated on teen and youth trends when it comes to drugs and alcohol so they know what to look out for. This is a rather weird one, but I wanted to post about it so at least you could hear it from me instead of another parent or from your kids!
I walked into a fraternity party this past weekend at a local college and saw a bunch of freshman boys taking shots of liquor through their eyes. Yes, you read that right…through their eyes.
They were putting vodka in paper Dixie cups, folding the cup so it had a lip like a beaker and pouring the vodka into their eyes. Most of the alcohol ran down their face and onto their clothes, but I suppose they were blinking in some of it.
Yes, I asked them the questions you are thinking:
Does it hurt?
“Yes it burns like hell!”
Why in the world are you doing this?
“It goes into your blood stream faster and you do not need a lot to get drunk…and you do not puke because it is not in your stomach.”
I was horrified and wonder if they will have permanent eye damage because of it. I wanted to alert parents to this, I hope it is not widespread but they said that they had learned it in high school and they knew other people who do it.
Watch out for the eye shot.
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I didn’t believe this one at first but then I did a quick search on YouTube for “vodka eye shot.” Sure enough, there are plenty of videos of kids pouring vodka and other alcoholic beverages right into their eyes.
You’ve gottabefreakin’kiddin’ me…sigh. Ok, Vanessa, this is exactly why we need your ‘eyes and ears’ at Shaping Youth on our advisory board! Looking forward to more…will crosspost data. –Amy.
Most kids are smarter than this. This falls in the “jack-ass” category. Let’s hope the post doesn’t give kids any ideas.
Some boys were using both marijuana and alcohol and obviously their judgment was seriously impaired, yet even some of their friends believe that these drugs alone or in combination would not provoke this kind of behavior. Parents need to be aware of the effects and warning signs of both alcohol and marijuana, but what are teens today really using.
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Sally
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Speaking as a teenager, yes this is a wide spead trend, me and pretty much all of my friends do it, i don’t even know if it gets you more drunk, but its just one of those things, everyone does it
Teen alcohol abuse is a concerning issue, as teens years are transition time when the body is undergoing many significant changes, such as hormonal alterations and brain development. So abusing alcohol seriously damages their health, and not only this their are other associated problems while teens abuse alcohol such as high risk sex, drinking and driving, sexual assault, suicide etc.
Teens and Alcohol