Making Positive Choices and Staying Strong

Making Choices

Anger Management- How to stay in control

Alcohol/ Drugs- How to say no/ How to drink safe

Holding onto anger is like picking up a hot coal to throw at someone.......... You are the one that gets burned•Flight or Fight Response- is it needed today

Anger Management What Happens to our body when we get angry?Heart beat faster, sweating, body ready to

move, body stops digesting food and blood sent to arms and lets ready for action, have more angry thoughts

Think of a time when you were very angry- write or draw what made you angry

How did you feel insideWhat did you do/ What Happened

Getting Wound Up

Build Up

OUTBURST

Calm Down

Back to Normal

Anger Management Assessment• I have been angry for a long time Yes or No

• I Get angry more than others Yes or No

•I hurt people when I get angry Yes or No

•I stay angry for a long time Yes or No

•I hurt myself when I get angry Yes or No

•I get in trouble with school or police because of my angerYes or No

•Being angry stops me from doing things fun or importantYes or No •I would be happier if I could control my angerYes or No

Anger Management

What made you angry?

How did you feel?

What did you do/ What Happened?

What could you have done different?

How can we stay in control?When you start to feel yourself become

angry:Try to change your thoughts ( is it THAT

bad )Try to think of consequences ( What will

happen )Take a few deep breaths Walk away Talk about it later Think about the other people involved

On your Worksheet- write down what else you could have done?Role Play Activity Would this have been a better way?

Alcohol and Drugs- Be your own bossAlcohol is a drug

A drug is something that changes the way our body and mind works

No More than 2 Standard Drinks a day

•This is when you drink a lot of alcohol in one night

•Leads to: fighting, accidents, health problems, alcohol poisoning, trouble with Police, family problems, even deaths•Complete Sheet Worksheet 1

Effects of Alcohol on the bodyBrain damage , fits , dementia, loss of

memoryEnlarged heartProblems with diabetes controlLiver Cirrhosis Sexual impotence(in men),infertility in

womenRisk of STI and HIV/AIDS Unplanned Pregnancy- Foetal Alcohol

Syndrome

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term used to describe a range of disabilities and developmental problems that may arise from mothers drinking while they are pregnant.

THIS IS A NORMAL BABIES BRAIN

THIS IS A BABIES BRAIN AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS PREGNANT

What do our friends say?

What can we say to be strong ?• No I have got to go to school or work•My family does not want me to drink• I have seen people become sick from drinking and I don’t want that to happen to me

•Anything else......................................

If I do drink- How can I make it safer?Have a big feed before you drinkDrink lots of water or soft drink before and afterHave one alcoholic drink, then soft drink or waterDo other things like dancing, listening to music Have someone look after the children and the old

people Don’t binge drink- stay in control- have no more

than 2 standard drinks a day and never more than 4

Alcohol Questionnaire•Do you drink alcohol? Yes or No •If yes- how many days a week?•If yes-how many drinks do you have?•How old were you when you had your first drink?•Do you think it’s cool to drink alcohol? Yes or No•Have you been hurt by alcohol?Yes or No•Do you see other’s getting hurt from alcohol?Yes or No•Do you know people that drink too much alcohol?Yes or No•Do you think alcohol is bad for your health?Yes or No•What can you do to make people cut down or stop drinking?