Drug and Alcohol Quiz

2. When your teen brings his report card home:

• he is upset because he keeps getting average grades, and extra work never seems to pay off.
• he is unconcerned even though his grades have dropped pretty dramatically since last year.
• he is proud of his consistently high grades.

3. When your teen tells you she is going out to meet some friends:

• you don't recognize their names.
• you wonder if she ever gets bored doing the same old things with the same old people.
• she always resists telling you her specific plans, if she even has any.

4. When you ask your teen why he suddenly gave up playing the tuba, he says:

• "Tuba isn't cool like playing guitar. Can I get one?"
• "I don't know. Who cares about the stinking tuba?"
• "I'm too busy right now. Maybe I'll get back into it some day."

5. When your teen comes home from a Friday night out on the town:

• catches you up on her evening, then goes to bed.
• she has pushed the boundaries of her curfew, as usual.
• is most definitely "wasted".

6. When it comes to money, your teen:

• spends way too much on frivolous things.
• can't account for where it all goes.
• has started asking for more and more money for no good reason.

7. When your teen comes home from a friend's house in the evening:

• he avoids eye contact with you and goes straight to his room.
• asks how your evening's been.
• seems "out of sorts."

8. My teen:

• dresses weirdly.
• wears clothing and jewelry promoting drug use.
• has quit caring what she looks like.

9. At his worst, my teen:

• lies to me and sneaks out of the house.
• is stubborn and confrontational.
• is withdrawn and refuses to communicate.

10. I think my teen:

• has a drug or alcohol problem.
• has experimented with drugs or alcohol, but doesn't center her social life around it.
• has a negative view of peers who drink and do drugs.