I've read about this, and now I've heard about this first hand from a number of parents who have had to deal with the consequences of this very very dangerous technique girls use to "drink." This is very gender specific. Although I just read about boys using this technique using their rectum as a receptical. (I warned you it would be icky)
Here is what girls do, they soak tampons in vodka, and now for the ick factor, they insert these vodka bloated tampons into their vagina. I know, you are cringing with disgust and fear.
Here is the why girls think this is OK:
- They won't be wasting calories on alcohol
- They won't have booze-breath, which is great when they get home from a dance or party and have to greet their parents.
- they can get buzzed really fast, since the alcohol goes directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive system.
- They don't throw up..again because the volume of alcohol that goes into their body, which normally would go through their digestive system, and make them sick and and throw up the over abundance of booze is bypassed.
"The medical risks are also increased. A person who has ingested too much alcohol directly into his bloodstream will not vomit, but will likely lose consciousness. If the person does pass out or lose consciousness, health care professionals won't necessarily know that they have to look in those areas and that may delay treatment" Please read this blog to your teens. They will gag with disgust, but then that is the point. It may save their life, or the life of one of their friends, who may be hellbent on giving this a try just for the novelty of it. Teach your teen to be the voice of reason for a friend who may be heading for trouble. It could save a life!