Shelby's Rules: Dig Life
I read an article in Good Housekeeping last night about this young girl, Shelby Allen, who died at a friends house of alcohol poisoning.
The greatest tragedy of all was that her death may have been prevented if one of her "friends" would have called for help.
The teens were at a friend's house with ADULTS present who left an unattended full bar with teenagers sitting around it who then went to bed with a verbal warning not to drink.
How many kids would listen to that? What a temptation!
Afterward Shelby's parents discovered this home was a "safe home" for underage drinking.
Click on the title above to link to the Shelby's Rules website. It talks about what happened and about the foundation her mom started to bring awareness to teens and adults about the dangers of binge drinking and alcohol poisoning.
The article in Good Housekeeping was very good and informative.
When my son was in 7th grade a classmate was drinking at the high school football game and taken to the emergency room for alcohol poisoning. She was a small girl and very lucky to survive.
When I picked the boys up from the game they were talking about it and asked me if she could die and I told them she could die or she could survive and have permanent brain damage (become a vegetable) and the van became very silent. They had shocked looks on their faces. I don't think any of them every thought you could die from drinking.
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Alcohol poisoning ~ Alcohol Can Kill ~ By Wilma
Posted by:Sally--Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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Dear Sally,
As a close member of the Allen family and involved as much as possible member of Shelby's Rules Foundation I just want to say thank you for sharing our story. Lesson must be learnt that alcohol can kill and I am not even surprised that the boys had no clue about it.
Thank you for your support and have a nice week-end.
Best Regards
M-C
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