Helpful Information > Warning Signs of Alcohol &
Other Drug Use
When your child is exhibiting many of these common signs:
- Hostile, uncooperative, and frequently breaks curfew
- Estrangement from family
- Grades have slipped and/or skipping school
- Losing interest in hobbies, sports and other favorite activities
- Sleeping patterns have changed; up at night and sleeps during the day
- Loss of appetite - craving sweets - weight loss
- Inexplicable mood changes - euphoria followed by tenseness and edginess
- Liquor supplies of parents are decreased or altered
- New friends, strange phone calls, secretiveness
- Prescription drugs missing
- Household money disappearing
- Vague "party" plans
- Drug paraphernalia