These processes require a tremendous amount of energy. The depressant nature of alcohol directly lowers the energy centre in the brain. Those who lower the energy levels in the brain by using alcohol or other toxic chemicals, lose not only mental capacity, but their ability to realize they have lost it. Adolescence is a time of changing attitudes, perception and behaviour. Peer pressure is very strong and the need to belong and to be accepted often leads a young person to yield to these pressures.
Adolescence is also a time of fluctuating pyschological and physical growth.
So the next time you're offered a drink, you might point out to your friend that for those under 18, drinking is against the law. Your companions might scoff at you. They'll ask what you're afraid of. Alcohol and the Unborn Child Alcohol is carried from your blood through the placenta and enters your baby's blood, circulating through your foetus. Your baby is then dependent on your excretory system to remove the alcohol.