New Lifehouse Academy understands that you want to find help for your troubled teen girl who is caught up in alcohol abuse.

Teenage Girls tend to use alcohol or drugs to alleviate negative moods, to increase confidence, to reduce tension, to cope with problems, to lose inhibitions, to enhance sex or to lose weight. These are just some of the reasons why teenage girls use alcohol and other substances, but there always is some deep underlying issue that brings the substance use to the surface. Finding this issue or issues is paramount in fighting the battle of use and addiction.

Eye-Opening Statistics About Teenage Girls and Alcohol Use

Approximately one-third of all teenage girls have their first alcoholic drink, more than a few sips, before entering high school. Teenage and preteen girls are starting to drink at younger ages than ever before. Today, girls report that they begin to drink alcohol before the age of 13. This is especially disturbing since teens who participate in alcohol use early in life are at greater risk of becoming alcoholics.

Nearly half of high school girls drink alcohol and more than 1 in 4 binge drink, consuming five or more drinks on the same incident. Nearly 1 in 5 of 8th grade teenage girls drink alcohol and more than 1 in 10 binge drink.

Teenage girls who are heavy drinkers, consuming more than seven drinks per week, are five times more likely to have sex without protection, than girls who do not drink.

How You Can Help Teenage Girls Avoid Alcohol Use and Abuse

Family involvement and support are important in preventing substance use among teenage girls. Feeling connected to school and achieving good grade reports may be a strong motivator for girls at high risk. This is especially useful when considering that poor school performance in adolescent girls increases the risk for alcohol and drug use in early adulthood. Programs that provide girls with positive female role models may improve chances that teenage girls will not drink prematurely.

New Lifehouse – Offering a Unique Approach for your Girl struggling with Alcohol Abuse.

If your family is struggling with a daughter who is using, experimenting, or abusing alcohol, please call us today, (918) 435-8206 

We are a lower cost Christian boarding school designed for troubled or misbehaving girls, ages 14-18. Our goal is to provide teenage girls and their families with the tools and resources to help them begin to thrive academically, relationally and spiritually. We help once troubled girls begin living a fulfilling life, equipping them to become happy, confident, self-reliant and successful adults.

Teen Challenge Oklahoma’s New Lifehouse Academy is nestled at the foothills of the Ozarks near Grand Lake on a 40-acre picturesque and peaceful property, with access nearby to over 900 acres of property with a large creek, wooded hills and trails.

Again, if your teen girl needs help with alcohol abuse, please call now, (918) 435-8206. We want to help her and your family!