It got featured in my towns paper and now my mom wants me 2 start writing and become an author or journalist is my article ok 4 a seventh grader?

My Article:

Station should remove
ad for hangover drug

Did you know that 27 percent of high school students confessed to drinking before eight grade? In America, drinking acohol is a major problem, which causes accidents, depression and suicide.
Parents might not want to hear this, but it’s true.
So the real question is this: Are some people supporting teen drinking?
KWRE, a local radio station, has put an ad on recently about a new drug called Chaser pills, which is meant to prevent hangovers. The ad said that you could buy them anywhere. It makes you wonder if a teenager can hide an addiction from their family and friends.
Why would KWRE put this ad on the morning news? Given these moving facts, I strongly recommend they take the ad off the air.

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I”ve been drinking a lot for a week now .I quit for two months but started again .I’m taking the max daily dosage of Lithium for Depression. I feel really sick but I don’t know if that is just a bad hangover. My shrink hasn’t called me back yet. I know it’s not good to mix chemicals.. I remember somebody telling me that Lithium was dangerous. Does anyone know the danger?..I don’t know who to call

I’m taking Lithium for depression…. I haven’t drank in two months…but I have been binging heavy now for a week. I know I’m not supposed to. My hangovers are really bad and just don”t feel right at all. Is there any serious dangers here. I’ve been trying to call my Shrink but he hasn’t called back yet

I have suffered for years, but have refused treatments. I don’t know if I really refused any treatment, I just tried to control it myself. My childhood was horrible and I was abused and then I was in a nearly fatal auto accident that broke my spine. I just recently started seeing a therapist and she told me that she would HAVE to put me on medication to control my panic episodes and my loss of sleep. I have been on Risperdal, Zoloft, and Zyprexa in the past and nothing worked. My panic attacks are so bad that I’ve even called 911 thinking I was having a heart attack or stroke… and I’m too young for that (hopefully)…

If those medications don’t work, what do they give you? Is there anything that can actually help calm you down and make you feel like you are NOT dying? I have tried herbal remedies, hot baths, exercise, drowning myself in lavender oils, etc… and she says that self medicating is not really good for me…

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I have had too many problems to name with alcohol, and I am only 20. I know I need to just quit cold turkey but I don’t know how to. I am not an alcoholic or anything, I drink NO more than the average college student drinks (pry less, like once or twice a week), but it seems to cause me a LOT of problems compared to other people. HORRIBLE hangovers, depression, HUGE fights with my boyfriend, violence, getting hurt, drunk driving, doing/saying things I regret, getting into fights, letting myself down, feeling like I have NO self-control, etc.

I have made the decision that I need to quit, I just don’t know how. At my age, it’s like alcohol is CONSTANTLY shoved in your face!!! How do I have a social life without feeling like I have to drink? I have made so many friends THROUGH parties that I am afraid that I won’t know how to be around them WITHOUT the alcohol. Any suggestions, please help! FYI—I know I need to pick up hobbies n interests but I live in a small boring town……
You know, the answer about Pacing myself is a really stupid answer. are you kidding me??? f’in DUH! if I actually COULD pace myself, then it wouldn’t be a problem at all! I’ve tried a million times, EVERYTHING…and no matter what, i always end up going overboard, time and time again.

Like nothing on that day was right…bad things just keep on coming and worst things topped it off…Like nothing just went right,,,everything just sucked so bad…you think that the day is so stupid! that when the night comes you just wish to erase this day of your life or drown yourself with alcohol just to forget about it…(and I actually did..took that bottle of champagne and finished that sh!t!!!)

Tell me about it…Give out details…

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The Obama victory is depressing, no matter how you look at it, so its time to commiserate. What are the positives here?

First of all, let me state for the YA-record that I detest party loyalty of any kind and am all over the map when it comes to social issues. In other words, I don’t neatly fit into any political category.

Ok, that out of the way, how do we cope with this national disaster. Americans made it “two wrongs” when they voted Bush followed by Obama (Bush as the rep. candidate). As desperate as I was to get rid of Bush, I would much prefer him over Barrack Supercluelessnoexperienceatall Obama. What a shyyt-sandwich this is.

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when i was 3 or 4 (i dont remember) my little brother died because he choked on a grape i gave him. i remember that day as though it was yesterday. last summer (09) i cryed all the time at night because i could not get the memory out of my head. i started to abuse pills and cut myself. i carved his name into my skin. i still cry and cut when i think about that day. i have never told any of my friends about that. my parents and grandparents fought over custody of me when i was little also. my grandparents won, but i still talk to my mom and my dad (they are separated) sometimes. i cry when i miss them so bad and when i wonder about what it would be like if i lived with my mom or my dad instead. my grandparents do not want me to do so but i do anyways. i cry when i think about any of these things. in october i got drunk hoping that i would forget these things. it did not work but the hangover was so bad it convinced me to not drink again. i am currently 13 and i got so depressed over the christmas break that i got fu**ed up on benadryl. i regret my actions as it caused me to become sick.

the point: do you think i am depressed or do you think i have something else?

For the past few weeks I’ve been feeling physically ill. I wake up most mornings feeling like I’ve got a hangover even though I haven’t been drinking. Nausea, headaches, shakiness, etc. I’ve also been feeling really faint to the point where I find it hard to stand without leaning on something. I’ve been to the doctors and my white blood cell count is normal. She seemed to be unsure what was wrong with me.

I was wondering if my mental health problems could cause physical symptoms like this? I’m fed up of feeling ill.
Not this time but a very similar thing happened to me about a year ago and I had everything tested – liver function, thyroid function, everything. All my tests came back fine.
I’m pretty sure the same thing is going on this time and I’m also pretty sure it’s related to my mood.
Believe me, I am depressed. That I do know.
Oh, also a constant ache in the middle of my back. No matter what position I sit/lie/stand in, it never goes.

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I have found after repeating this experiment several thousand times , that beer/wine (I don’t drink spirits) not only causes hangovers the next day , but 2 to 3 days of feeling mildly depressed.
Anyone else get the same effect??