Because alcohol lowers inhibitions, the link between alcohol and sexual health is extremely significant and, as a result, the rate of sexually transmitted infections among young people is soaring. Excess alcohol consumption can also cause problems with personal relationships, and the newspapers are full of stories about alcohol-fuelled violence.
It has been 15 years since Brook published the first Drunk in charge of a body and the aim of the new resource is "to enable young people to protect themselves from the effects of excess drinking but also to enable them to enjoy sensible, sociable drinking".
The teaching resource has nine lesson plans on the law and units, how alcohol affects the body, personal relationships and sexual health, attitudes towards drinking, binge drinking and choices and consequences. The resource is primarily aimed at teachers and it meets personal, social and health education certification standards. It provides comprehensive lesson plans, overviews and handouts that should be easy for teachers lacking experience of alcohol education to undertake. The routing sheets were also useful for quick reference into what a lesson entails and how long it should take.
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