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This poem by Dr Audrey Coatesworth, a retired psychiatrist, talks to teenagers about the ravages to health caused by excessive alcohol. She asks the question 'who will look after you?' when these health problems occur - as, with excessive alcohol intake, they most surely will.
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To listen to this poem read by the author, go to
www.choiceforteenagers.com
Who will look after you?
Who will look after you
When you are unwell?
As that fate is certain
In truth - I can tell
If you continue
Your lifestyle to live
Then only yourself
Will you have to forgive
Your diet of alcohol
Drunk in excess
Will damage your liver
Or more - nothing less
Sickness and nausea
All the day through
Itching incessantly
In store for you
Cannabis,dope
Call it by any name
To the brain can be dire
The effects all the same
Being paranoid ruins
Friendships and life
Schizophrenia brings
Just dreadful strife
Unless you prepare
No one will be there
With skills to help
Your pain to bear
By then, we shall all
Have died and gone
But yet your damage
Will have been done
Your choice, your life
Who am I to say?
What you should do
All must choose their way
But just take a moment
Give yourself a clear view
Thirty years have passed
Who looks after you?
( I am being optimistic with 'thirty years)
CopyrightA Coatesworth
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| Reviewed by Diane Marsay (Reader) |
1/27/2011 |
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| A powerful message written in a style accessible to teenagers."Your life, your choice" has been used successfully in poster campaigns and will hopefully have a familiarity and resonate with the reader. |
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| Reviewed by Linda Hill |
1/27/2011 |
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Audrey,
I admire you for your dedication to the teenagers. Unfortunately, most teens think they know all the answers and won't listen. If you can get through to one teenager than your fight is not in vain. God bless you for your work.
Many blessings,
~Linda |
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