THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE TEENAGER TO CONSUME ALCOHOL

Today we can usually find that there are so many teenagers like drinking alcohol. Eventhough they haven’t been allowed yet to consume this kind of beverage because their age which is still below the criteria. The tendency of the teenagers drink alcohol, I think it is caused by some factors. They are environment factor, social factor, and personal factor.

            The first factor is environment factor. In my opinion, the tendencies of the teenagers consume alcohol is how way alcohol can be easy to found. As we know that, especially in Singaraja almost every village has their own alcohol seller. It will make the teenager easy to buy it. In addition, alcohol cost in Singaraja is quite cheap. By capitalizing 60.000, they can find 4 bottles of alcohols. More than that, the advertisement in the TV also shows how delicious alcohol so they want to try it.

            The other factor which supports the teenager to consume the alcohol is social factors. Social factors influence the teenagers very much because the teenagers cannot be detached from social relationship. In here, the teenager is forced to drink this beverage because of their friend invitation. They may refuse the invitation but they will be discriminated in their group. So, they prefer to follow what their friends offer. Other cause of social factor is the family. The teenager will be easy to be drunker if their family has drunker background. The teenager tends to follow what their parents do. For the example, if their father is drunker. It will affect to the children surely.

            Personal factor also influences the tendency why the teenagers drink alcohol. They think that by consuming alcohol they will be more confidence and braver. For the example, the teenager who is so quiet, shy, closed. He wants to reduce it by consuming alcohol to be more confidence and braver. Then by consuming alcohol can lose their problem and forget it. Alcohol is a kind of way by the teenager to leave their problem because one effect of alcohol is unconsciousness which is wanted by the teenager to lose thir problem. For example the teenager today often have problem with his girlfriend. Alcohol is used to an alternative ways to leave the problem and forget for a moment.

In conclusion, there are some factors which influence the teenager to consume alcohol which looks at from environment factors, social factors, and personal factors. I think the government needs to prevent the alcohol consuming of the teenager by losing the alcohol seller and increase the taxes of this beverage and also the role of the parents also take important place in order to keep their children away from this bad beverage.