Beating Addiction: Help for Teen Girls

Meghan Vivo--An Interview with Laurie Wilmot

Drug and alcohol addiction doesn’t discriminate – it affects men, women, teens, adults, and people of all races and backgrounds. Teenagers, and particularly teenage girls, are especially vulnerable to the physical and psychological effects of substance abuse as their brains and bodies are continually developing. At an age when most kids are breaking away from their parents, exploring their career interests, and establishing lifelong bonds with friends and partners, teens who are addicted to drugs or alcohol face an entirely different challenge just to get back to normal adolescent life.

Girls Experience Addiction Differently

The number of teenage girls abusing drugs and alcohol has steadily risen in the past decade. The Department of Health and Human Services reports that “girls ages 12 to 17 now match boys in illegal drug and alcohol use and have actually surpassed boys in smoking cigarettes and misusing prescription drugs.â€

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