Making Healthy Choices
Using alcohol, smoking cigarettes, vaping, using marijuana, or other drugs is never a healthy choice. Name two possible consequences of using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Possible answers: Alcohol and drugs can:
• hurt people, families, and
friendships
• make us sick
• damage our brains and bodies
• keep us from achieving our goals
and dreams
• we can become addicted
Are we special because of who we are or because of what we do?
WHO WE ARE
Name two things you can do to BE a good friend
Possible answers:
• Be yourself.
• Be equals.
• Be a good listener.
• Be honest and trustworthy.
• Be kind and compassionate.
• Be okay with disagreeing sometimes.
• Be willing to apologize and willing to
forgive.
Fill in the word: I ______ there is a purpose for my life
BELIEVE
Name two ways to manage your feelings that are healthy and safe for yourself and others
Possible answers:
• Talk to someone
• Exercise – take a walk, play a sport
• Do something you enjoy like reading a book, watching television, drawing a picture
• Walk away
Most people your age "Do" or "Do Not" use alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs?
Do Not
TRUE or FALSE
No family is perfect. All families have problems
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
All peer pressure is negative. Why?
FALSE
Sometimes our peers will use positive peer pressure to encourage us to make a healthy choice
There are four steps we talked about that we can use to help us achieve our goals and fulfill our dreams.
Name two of the four steps.
Answers include:
• Identify our dreams.
• Develop a plan.
• Ask for help.
• Be Flexible
Fill in the word: All my feelings are okay – even feelings of anger. I can choose ____ ways to express my anger.
HEALTHY
True or False?
• Consequences are always negative.
• Why is this statement True or False?
FALSE
Sometimes consequences can be good or positive.
Using ___, ___, or ___ will not help us feel better about ourselves.
Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drugs
Why is resisting peer pressure to use substances a healthy choice?
Possible answers:
• Be yourself.
• Be equals.
• Be a good listener.
• Be honest and trustworthy.
• Be kind and compassionate.
• Be okay with disagreeing sometimes.
• Be willing to apologize and willing to
forgive.
What is something we might do that would keep us from achieving our goals and fulfilling our dreams
Drinking alcohol, smoking, vaping, using marijuana or other drugs.
__________, __________, and other _________ make it hard to keep self-control. In fact, they can cause us to lose _________ over the way we act and feel
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs
Control
Everyone makes choices every day.
All our choices have _________.
Consequences
Fill in the words: I AM
l_____, c______, u______, and v______.
Likeable, capable, unique, and valued
There are "5-B's of Saying NO"
Name 3 of them.
Answers include:
• Beware.
• Bad idea.
• Better one.
• Bye for now.
• Buzz me later
Fill in the words: Dreams for the future give us ______ and a sense of ______.
Dreams for the future give us HOPE and a sense of PURPOSE.
We discussed fourbsteps we can take to manage anger. Complete these words:
S___; T___; O____; P____
Settle, Think, Options, Practice