EYE SHOTS GET YOU SAUCY! LOL!

Brought to you by the desperately ingenious self-murderers who discovered you can get really high from shooting heroin into your eyes, the latest in unbelievable, disturbing trends is the Vodka Eye Shot.
That is correct. Eye Shots. Emerging alongside (probably within; based upon the philosophy employed here we are likely talking about the same people) the subculture that touts the great buzz you can get by choking yourself, is a rash of misguided junior chemists (read, attention seekers) espousing the speedy intoxicating effect of pouring vodka into your eyes.

Not content to wait the five minutes it takes to start feeling the effects of something you drink, members of the generation that will someday make important decisions concerning the fate of the world, and our race (shudder), are intentionally pouring alcohol in each other's faces.

Pretty much everything anyone does is motivated by a need for attention, but this is one of the more desperate. And while there isn't a teenager on this planet that will admit to this need, nor listen to an adult who wants to discuss it, see if you can get anyone to honestly admit they would do a vodka eye shot in private. Of course they wouldn't. It's not nearly so much fun without a crowd of people around to cheer them on; i.e., cry for attention.

Again, there is no future in this line of reasoning, nor in any attempt to explain the colossal health risks. If you have a friend, or God help you, a child who might engage in something like this, you are more likely to drive them deeper by berating them, or trying to prohibit it. One excellent preventative measure is to maintain an active role in the lives of those you care about. The need for attention comes from, duh, a lack of attention, and if your child gets what they need from you they are less likely to seek fulfillment through something perilous.

Regardless of how much love one receives, though, humans are still going to pursue alternative means of expression, and unfortunately, many of these are sure to be poorly conceived and dangerous. But the friend, or child, or even the coworker, who knows there is someone out there who cares about them, is less prone to intentional stupidity.

Sure it was funny, but the real reason Jeremy dove off the roof into the pool was because Jeremy never talks to his parents, and doesn't think they give a damn whether he jumps off the roof into the pool.

You don't have to talk to Jeremy about pool safety, or even directly about drug abuse; most kids know more about this than their parents anyway. Talk to him about his day, about music, or about nothing at all, just do it genuinely and consistently. If he understands someone is concerned about him, there is less chace he will take an interest in something that is likely to cause blindness or a broken neck.