Signs your child has teen alcoholism and is in need of a teen out-patient program. Teen alcoholism is an issue affecting many families. Teen drug and alcohol patients often have had few consequences to drug and alcohol use and therefore have an inherent inability to relate to the damage they cause to themselves or family members. Family intervention followed by admission into a teen drug treatment program benefits the whole family by providing a healing process in which teens can grow spiritually as well as emotionally. Following is a list of signs that your child has teen alcoholism. Weight loss. Apathy. Sneaky behavior. Change in values, ideals, beliefs. Change in friends, unwillingness to introduce friends. Periods of unexplained absence from home. Need for instant gratification. Disappearance of money or items of value from home. Desire for increased sensory stimuli. Unexplained periods of reactions of moodiness, depression, anxiety, irritability, over sensitivity, or hostility Strongly inappropriate overreaction to mild criticism or simple requests. Lying/Deception. Violent outbursts. Running Away. Depression. Paraphernalia. Truancy. Hostility towards family. Lethargy, lack of energy and vitality Loss of ability for self-discipline and assuming responsibility. Loss of motivation and enthusiasm (motivational syndrome). Lessening in accustomed family warmth; avoids interacting and communication with parents, withdraws from family activities. Preoccupation with "self", less concern for the feelings of others Loss of interest in previously important things such as hobbies, sports, activities.